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THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  MARYLAND 

As  contained  in  the  Code  of  Public  General  Laws  of  1912 
and  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  1912  and  1914 

AND  THE 

BY-LAWS,  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 

FOR  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF 

THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  SYSTEM 

OF  THE  STATE  OF  MARYLAND 


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THE 

PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  MARYLAND 


As  Contained  in  Code  of  Public  General  Laws  of   1912 

and  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  1912  and  1914 

Published  by  A  uthority  of  The  State 

Board  of  Education 


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NOTE.— The  arrangement  and  numbering  of  the  chapters  and  sections  in  this 
pamphlet  are  made  to  correspond  with  that  of  the  Code  of  Public  General  Laws 
of  1912.  Sections  of  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  1912  and  1914  are  arranged  consecutively 
with  the  sections  of  the  Code.  The  reference  of  most  recent  enactment  only  is  given 
and  will  be  found  preceding  each  section.  References  to  court  decisions  follow  the 
section.  Full  references  can  be  found  in  the  Code. 


STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 
•1914 


GOVERNOR  PHILLIPS  LEE  GOLDSBOROUGH,  President. 

M.  BATES  STEPHENS,  Secretary. 
THOMAS  H.  LEWIS,  --------       Westminster 

HENRY  C.  LONGNECKER,     --------    Towson 

THOMAS  H.  BOCK,     ------ 

WILLIAM  T.  WARBURTON,  - 


JOHN  O.  SPENCER,     - 
HENRY  SHRIVER, 


-  Princess  Anne 
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-    Baltimore 
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THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  MARYLAND 

AS  CONTAINED  IN  THE  MARYLAND  CODE  OF  PUBLIC  GEN- 
ERAL LAWS  OF  1912,  AND  SUBSEQUENT 
AMENDMENTS. 


PASSED  AT  THE  JANUARY  SESSION,  1872,  AMENDED  AT  THE 
JANUARY  SESSION,  1874,  1884,  1886,  1888,  1890,  1892,  1894,  1896, 
1898,  1900,  1902,  1904,  1906,  1908,  1910,  1912  and  1914. 


CONSTITUTION  OF   1867 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

EDUCATION. 

Section  1.  The  General  Assembly,  at  its  first  session  after 
the  adoption  of  this  constitution,  shall  by  law  establish  through- 
out the  State  a  thorough  and  efficient  system  of  free  public 
schools;  and  shall  provide  by  taxation,  or  otherwise,  for  their 
maintenance. 

Clark  vs.  Md.  Institute,  87  Md.,  661. 

Section  2.  The  system,  of  public  schools,  as  now  constituted, 
shall  remain  in  force  until  the  end  of  the  said  first  session  of  the' 
General  Assembly,  and  shall  then  expire,  except  so  far  as 
adopted  or  continued  by  the  General  Assembly. 

Section  3.  The  school  fund  of  the  State  shall  be  kept  in- 
violate, and  appropriated  only  to  the  purposes  of  education. 

ARTICLE  LXXVII. 

(CODE  OF  1912.) 

PUBLIC  EDUCATION. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

1.  There  shall  be  throughout  the  State  of  Maryland  a  general 
system  of  free  public  schools,  according  to  provisions  of  this 
article. 

St.  Mary's  Industrial  School  vs.  Brown,  45   Md.,  311. 


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CHAPTER  1— Supervision. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

2.  Educational  matters  affecting  the   State,  and   the  general 
care  and  supervision  of  public  education,  shall  be  entrusted  to  a 
State  board  of  education. 

3.  Educational  matters  affecting  a  county  shall  be  under  the 
control  of  a  board  of  county  school  commissioners. 

94th  Md.  344. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

4.  Educational    matters   affecting   a   school   district   shall   be 
under  the  supervision  of  a  board  of  district  school  trustees. 


CHAPTER  2— Formation  of  Board. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

5.  The  governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
senate,  if  in  session,  and  without  said  advice  and  consent  when 
not  in  session,  shall  appoint  before  the  first  Monday  in  May, 
next  ensuing,  six  persons,  at  least  two  of  whom  shall  be  from 
the  political  party  which  at  the  last  preceding  election  for  gov- 
ernor received  next  to  the  highest  number  of  votes,  said  minority 
representation  of  at  least  two  members  as  aforesaid  to  be  con- 
tinued thereafter,  to  be  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, two  of  whom  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  from 
the  first  Monday  in  May  next  succeeding  their  appointment  and 
until  their  successors  shall  qualify ;  the  governor  shall,  at  the 
time  of  making  said  appointment,  designate  the  term  of  years 
of  each  of  said  members  when  first  appointed  under  this  article ; 
the  term  of  office  of  said  members,  after  the  expiration  of  the 
term  for  which  first  appointed,  shall  be  a  term  of  six  years,  and 
to  take  the  places  of  the  members  of  said  board  whose  terms  of 
office  shall  so  expire,  the  governor  shall,  every  two  years  after 
April  12,  1904,  before  the  first  Monday  in  May  in  such  years, 
appoint  two  persons  as  members  of  said  board  to  serve  for 
terms  of  six  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  succeed- 
ing their  appointment  and  until  their  successors  shall  qualify ; 
said  persons  shall  be  of  high  character,  integrity  and  capacity, 
these  six  members,  together  with  the  governor  and  the  State 


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superintendent  of  public  education,  shall  constitute  the  State 
board  of  education,  but  principals  of  the  State  normal  schools 
and  of  the  normal  department  of  any  school  or  college  under 
the  control  of  the  State  board  of  education  whose  certificates  are 
recognized  by  it  shall  be  e.v-officio  honorary  members  of  this 
board,  but  with  no  vote.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  by  death,  resigna- 
tion, disqualification  or  otherwise,  the  governor  shall  fill  such 
vacancies. 

1906,  ch.  353. 

6.  The  governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
senate,  if  in  session,  and  without  said  advice  and  consent  when 
not  in  session,  shall  appoint  a  board  of  county  school  commis- 
sioners for  each  county  in  this  State,  to  be  composed  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Baltimore,  Carroll,  Frederick,  Dorchester,  Washington 
and  Montgomery  of  six  persons,  and  in  each  of  the  other  coun- 
ties of  three  persons ;  two  of  whom  in  the  counties  of  Baltimore, 
Carroll,  Frederick,  Dorchester,  Washington  and  Montgomery, 
and  one  of  whom  in  each  of  the  other  counties  shall  hold  their 
office  for  the  term  of  two  years ;  two  of  whom  in  the  counties  of 
Baltimore,  Carroll,  Frederick,  Dorchester,  Washington  and 
Montgomery,  and  one  of  whom  in  each  of  the  other  counties 
shall  hold  their  office  for  the  term  of  four  years ;  and  two  of 
whom  in  the  counties  of  Baltimore,  Carroll,  Frederick,  Dorches- 
ter, Washington  and  Montgomery,  and  one  of  whom  in  each  of 
the  other  counties  shall  hold  their  office  for  the  term  of  six  years 
from  the  first  Monday  of  May  next  succeeding  their  appoint- 
ment and  until  their  successors  shall  qualify.  The  governor 
shall  at  the  time  of  making  said  appointments  designate  the 
term  of  years  of  each  of  the  said  commissioners  when  first  ap- 
pointed under  this  section ;  provided,  however,  that  all  county 
school  commissioners  heretofore  appointed  under  this  section,  as 
amended  by  Chapter  79  of  the  Acts  of  1900,  shall  serve  out  the 
terms  for  which  they  were  respectively  appointed  and  desig- 
nated ;  and  provided,  further,  that  at  the  time  of  making  the  ap- 
pointment of  the  three  additional  school  commissioners  for 
Montgomery  county,  as  herein  provided,  the  governor  shall 
designate  the  terms  of  years  of  each  of  the  said  additional  com- 
missioners. The  term  of  office  of  the  said  commissioners,  after 
the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  first  appointed,  shall  be  a 


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term  of  six  years ;  said  persons  shall  be  men  of  high  character, 
integrity  and  capacity.  Two  of  said  appointees  for  the  counties 
of  Baltimore,  Carroll,  Frederick,  Dorchester,  Washington  and 
Montgomery  and  one  of  said  appointees  for  each  of  the  other 
counties  shall  be  selected  and  appointed  by  the  governor  from 
the  political  party  which  at  the  last  preceding  election  for  gov- 
ernor cast  next  to  the  highest  number  of  votes  in  the  State,  so 
that  said  minority  party  shall  always  have  a  proper  representa- 
tion upon  each  of  said  boards.  The  governor  may  remove  for 
incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or  misconduct  any  person  so  ap- 
pointed by  him  as  commissioner  of  public  schools  after  giving 
due  notice  to  such  person  of  the  charges  made  against  him  and 
a  reasonable  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  his  own  defense.  In 
case  of  vacancy  by  death,  removal  from  the  county,  removal 
from  office  by  the  governor,  resignation  or  disqualification  from 
any  cause,  the  governor  shall  fill  such  vacancy  with  an  appointee 
from  the  same  political  party  as  that  of  the  person  whose  posi- 
tion shall  have  become  vacated. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

7.  The  board  of  district  school  trustees  shall  be  composed  of 
three  persons,  residents  of  the  school  district  and  county  where 
said  school  may  be  located,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  county 
school  commissioners  on  the  first  day  of  May,  or  at  their  first 
meeting  thereafter,  which  must  be  held  during  the  month  of 
May  in  each  year,  and  who  shall  meet  within  thi.rty  days  after 
their  appointment  and  enter  upon  the  duties  assigned  them  in 
chapter  5  of  this  article ;  at  their  first  meeting  they  shall  appoint 
a  chairman  and  shall  give  notice  of  their  appointment  to  the 
secretary  of  the  board -of  county  school  commissioners;  when 
the  trustees  appoint  a  principal  teacher,  and  the  appointment 
shall  be  confirmed  by  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners, 
the  said  principal  teacher  shall  be  ex-officio  secretary  to  the  board 
of  district  trustees;  district  school  trustees  shall  take  and  sub- 
scribe the  oath  or  affirmation  of  office  prescribed  by  the  con- 
stitution before  the  county  school  commissioners,  county  super- 
intendent, clerk  to  said  county  school  board,  or  any  other  officer 
duly  authorized  to  administer  oaths. 


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CHAPTER  3— State  Board  of  Education. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

8.  The  State  board  of  education  shall  hold  regular  meetings 
on  the  last  Wednesday  in  May,  August,  November  and  Febru- 
ary of  every  year,  and  special  meetings  as  occasion  may  require. 

Duer  vs.  Dashiell,  91  Md.,  669,  688. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

9.  The   office   of   the   State   board   of   education    shall   be    in 
Annapolis. 

1906,  ch.  356. 

10.  The  members  of  the  board  shall  receive  no  salary,  but 
their  actual  expenses   incurred  in  attending  the  meetings   and 
transacting  the  business  of  the  board  shall  be  paid,  and  they 
are  authorized  to  employ  clerical  assistance  when  necessary,  and 
the  treasurer  of  the  State,  upon  the  warrant  of  the  comptroller, 
is  hereby  directed  to  pay  to  the  president  of  the  board,  from  the 
general  funds  for  public  schools,  for  the  purpose  of  meeting  such 
expenses,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  ($3000)  per  annum, 
in  quarterly  installments. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

11.  The  State  board  of  education  shall,  to  the  best  of  their 
ability,  cause  the  provisions  of  this  article  to  be  carried   into 
effect,  and  may,  if  necessary,  institute  legal  proceedings  for  that 
purpose  with  the  direction  and  advice  of  the  attorney-general ; 
they  shall  enact  by-laws   for   the  administration  of  the  public 
school   system   not   at  variance   with   this   article,   which   when 
enacted  and  published  shall  have  the  force  of  law;  they  shall 
have  the  power  to  remove  or  suspend  any  county  superintendent 
who  may  be  found  inefficient  or  incompetent  for  the  discharge 
of  duties  assigned  him,  or  guilty  of  such  moral  delinquency  as 
unfits  him  for  the  office  he  holds ;  they  shall  explain  the  true 
intent  and  meaning  of  the  law,  and  they  shall  decide,  without 
expense  to  the  parties  concerned,  all  controversies  and  disputes 
that  arise  under  it,  and  their  decision  shall  be  final. 

School  Board  vs.  Wagaman,  84  Md.,  162. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

12.  They  shall  have  the  general  care  and  supervision  of  the 
public  school  interests  of  the  State ;  shall  act  as  assistants  and 


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advisers  of  the  various  county  boards ;  and  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  issue  circular  letters  to  teachers  and  commissioners  on 
topics  connected  with  the  administration  of  public  schools. 

Ibid. 

13.  In  order  to  insure  uniformity  in  the  statistical  reports  of 
the  public  schools,  they  shall  issue  a  uniform  series  of  blanks 
for  the  use  of  teachers  and  of  county  boards,  and  shall  require 
all  accounts  to  be  kept  and  returns  to  be  made  according  to 
these  forms. 

Ibid. 

14.  They  shall,  when  requested  by  the  board  of  county  school 
commissioners,  examine  candidates  for  the  office  of  county  super- 
intendent, and  give  a  certificate  of  qualification. 

1872,  ch.  377 

15.  They  may  grant  to  teachers  of  long  experience  and  estab- 
lished reputation  professional  certificates,  which  shall  be  valid 
until  revoked  for  cause. 

1914,  ch.  592 

15^2.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  within  one  year 
after  the  passage  of  this  Act  prescribed  minimum  requirements 
for  the  issuing  of  the  various  academic,  collegiate,  professional, 
or  university  degrees  which  it  is  the  custom  for  the  educational 
institutions  within  the  United  States  to  issue  and  said  Board 
shall  have  authority  to  modify  said  requirements  from  time  to 
time  as  generally  accepted  standards  may  change,  provided  no 
educational  institution  shall  be  required  to  comply  with  stand- 
ards fixed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  the  issuing  of 
degrees  until  one  year  after  the  publication  of  said  standards  by 
said  State  Board.  No  public  or  private  educational  institution 
shall  issue  any  academic,  collegiate,  professional  or  university 
degree  without  first  having  obtained  the  assent  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  of  Maryland  and  the  approval  by  said  Board 
of  the  conditions  of  scholarship,  study  and  residence  upon  which 
said  degrees  are  issued. 

1912,  ch.  169. 

ISA.  The  State  board  of  education  'may,  in  its  discretion, 
prepare  and  publish  annually  a  list  of  approved  colleges  and 
universities  and  determine,  by  by-laws,  the  standards  for  said 
approval. 


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1904,  ch.  584. 

16.  The   members  of  the  State  board  of  education  shall   l>e 
ex-officio  trustees  of  the  State  normal  schools. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

17.  All  schools   and  colleges   and   all   normal   school   depart- 
ments receiving  State  donations  shall  make  a  report  on  or  before 
the  fifteenth  day  of  September  in  each  year  of  such  matters  and 
in  such  form  as  the  State  board  of  education  shall  require ;  and 
said  reports,  or  an  abstract  therefrom,  shall  be  published  by  the 
president  of  the  board  in  his  annual  report. 

Duer  vs.  Dashiell,  91  Md.,  669,  648. 

Superintendent  of  Public  Education. 

1902,  ch.  466. 

18.  The  governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
senate,  shall  appoint  a  competent  person  as  superintendent  of 
public  education  for  the  State  of  Maryland,  who  shall  serve  for 
a  term  of  four  years,  beginning  on  the  first  Monday  in   May 
ensuing  his  appointment,  and  until  his  successor  has  been  ap- 
pointed and  qualified  according  to  law;  and  said  person  as  super- 
intendent of  public  education  shall  be  ex  officio  a  member  of  the 
State  board  of  education ;  provided,  that  the  governor  at  any 
time  may  remove  such  person  from  office  for  misconduct  or  in- 
efficiency,   upon    submitting   his    reasons    for   such   removal    in 
writing  to  such  person ;  and  provided,  further,  that  such  removal 
be  approved  and  ratified  by  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the 
State  board  of  education. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

19.  The   superintendent   of   public   education   shall   receive   a 
salary  from  said  appropriations  for  public  schools,  the  amount  of 
which  salary  shall  be  fixed  by  the  State  board  of  education,  pro- 
vided it  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  per 
annum,  in  addition  to  an  allowance  of  five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum  for  traveling  expenses;  the  said  superintendent  of  public 
education  shall  receive  annually  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  needed,  for  the  purchase  of  sta- 
tionery, office  fixtures  and  supplies ;  and  he  shall  cause  to  be 
printed  and  distributed  to  the  public  school  teachers  of  the  coun- 
ties of  the  State  each  year  a  pamphlet  for  the  proper  observance 


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of  Arbor  day,  a  teacher's  manual  of  institute  work,  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Maryland  State  Teachers'  Association,  and  such 
other  circulars  and  printed  matter  as  will  encourage  the  work 
of  public  instruction  and  promote  its  uniformity;  provided,  all 
bills  for  such  expenditures  shall  be  approved  by  the  State  board 
of  education:  and  said  superintendent  shall  appoint  a  clerk,  who 
shall  also  act  as  clerk  to  the  State  board  of  education,  and  who 
shall  be  paid  a  salary  from  the  appropriations  for  public  schools, 
the  amount  of  which  salary  shall  be  fixed  by  the  State  board  of 
education;  provided,  that  it  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars;  provided,  further,  that  the  office  of  said  board 
shall  be  the  office  of  said  superintendent;  and  provided,  that  the 
clerk  to  the  said  superintendent  of  education  shall  not  be  em- 
ployed as  teacher  or  otherwise  in  any  capacity  in  any  of  the 
public  or  normal  schools  of  this  State. 


1904,  ch.  584. 

20.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  public  educa- 
tion to  inform  himself  and  the  State  board  of  education  as  to 
the  condition  of  the  public  schools  throughout  the  State;  to 
diffuse  information  as  to  the  best  methods  of  instruction;  to 
receive  and  present  to  the  State  board  of  education  the  reports  of 
the  various  boards  of  county  school  commissioners ;  to  examine 
said  county  boards'  statement  of  expenditures  of  school  funds, 
and  submit  his  judgment  on  the  same  to  the  State  board  of  edu- 
cation ;  to  have  authority  to  endorse  such  normal  school  diplomas 
from  other  States  as  he  may  deem  proper,  and  when  so  endorsed, 
they  shall  be  legal  certificates  to  teach  in  any  elementary  public 
school  in  the  State  until  revoked ;  to  arrange  dates  for  teachers' 
institutes,  and  assist  the  county  superintendent  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  program  of  the  county  teachers'  institute,  and  also 
attend  same  when  in  session,  when  possible,  and  give  instruc- 
tion; he  shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office, 
and  in  every  way  conserve  the  interests  and  promote  the 
efficiency  of  the  public  schools  of  the  State ;  the  State  super- 
intendent shall  also  be  the  secretary  of  the  State  board  of  educa- 
tion. 


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1908,  ch.  494. 

21.  The  State  superintendent  of  public  education,  subject  to 
confirmation  by  the  State  board  of  education,  shall  on  or  before 
the  thirty-first  day  of  July  in  each  year  appoint  a  competent  per- 
son to  be  known  as  assistant  superintendent  of  public  education, 
who  shall  serve  for  one  year,  unless  removed  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, and  who  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $2000  per  annum,  to  be 
paid  from  the  appropriation  for  public  schools,,  and  shall  receive 
no  additional  pay  for  any  services  said  board  may  require ;  the 
said  assistant  so  appointed  shall  act  for  and  in  the  name  of  the 
superintendent  in  such  branches  of  his  office  and  field  work  as 
shall  or  may,  in  the  discretion  of  said  superintendent,  be  com- 
mitted to  him ;  and  faithfully  and  efficiently  perform  such  duties 
as  may  be  required  of  him  by  either  the  superintendent  or  the 
State  board  of  education;  and  the  said  assistant  superintendent 
shall  be  subject  to  removal  by  the  superintendent,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  State  board  of  education,  at  any  time  for  ineffi- 
ciency or  misconduct  in  office ;  provided,  however,  that  the  rea- 
son for  such  dismissal  must  be  submitted  to  him  in  writing. 


CHAPTER  4— County  School  Commissioners. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

22.  The  board  of  county  school  commissioners  shall  meet  for 
organization  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  next  succeeding  their 
appointment,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  elect  a  person, 
not  a  member  of  the  board,  who  shall  serve  as  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  and 
.  county  school  superintendent  of  public  education,  and  notice  of 
'  such  election,  signed  by  the  president  of  the  board,  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  comptroller;  the  person  thus  elected  as  sec- 
retary, treasurer  and  county  superintendent  shall  enter  upon  his 
duties  the  first  day  of  August  next  ensuing  after  his  election ; 
in  counties  having  more  than  eighty-five  schools  the  board  may, 
at  their  discretion,  appoint  a  clerk  and  fix  his  salary ;  the  board 
shall  meet  at  least  once  in  every  school  term,  and  at  other  times, 
if  necessary,  for  the  transaction  of  business ;  each  commissioner 


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shall  receive  as  an  annual  salary  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  he  shall  make  no  further  charge  or  charges  for  any  services 
rendered. 

Co.  Commrs.  vs.  School  Commrs.,  77  Md.,  288. 
Duer  vs.  Dashiell,  91  Md.,  669. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

23.  The  board  of  county  school  commissioners  are  hereby  de- 
clared to  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate  by  the  name  and  style 
of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  -         -  county, 
and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  and  shall  be 
capable  to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  use  and  have  a  common  seal,  and 
the  same  at  their  pleasure  to  alter  or  break,  and  to  exercise  all 
the  powers  and  privileges  hereby  granted  to  or  vested  in  them ; 
and  every  county  superintendent  or  assistant  county  superin- 
tendent shall  have  power  to  take  affidavits  and  administer  oaths 
in  all  matters  pertaining  to  public  schools,  but  without  charge  of 
fee. 

1872,  ch.  327. 

24.  All  the  property,  estate,  effects,  money,  funds,  claims  and 
State  donations,  heretofore  vested  by  law  in  the  public  school 
authorities   of   any  county,  for  the  use  and  benefit   of  public, 
primary,  free  or  high  schools,  are  transferred  to  and  vested  in 
the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  and  their  successors 
in  office. 

1914,  ch.  480 

25.  The  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  shall  have 
the  general  supervision  and  control  of  all  the  schools  in  their 
respective  Counties ;  they  shall  build,  repair  and  furnish  school 
houses ;  they  shall  purchase  and  distribute  text-books ;  they  shall 
after   advising  with   the   principal   of   the   school   to   which   the 
teacher  is  to  be  appointed,  appoint  all  assistant  teachers ;  they   / 
shall  have  authority  to  consolidate  schools  when  in  their  judg-  I 
ment  consolidation  is  practicable  or  desirable,  provided  that  in 
the  case  of  a  school,  the  yearly  average  of  which  is  twelve  pupils 
or  more,  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  shall  obtain 
the  consent  of  sixty  per  cent,  of  the  patrons  of  the  school  the 
school  house  of  which  is  to  be  closed  in  order  that  it  may  be  con- 
solidated with  another  school,  and  to  arrange  for  and  to  pay 
charges  of  transporting  pupils  to  and  from  such  schools  and  have 
power  to  close  any  or  all  schools  in  any  school  district  of  the 


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county  when  they  deem  it  best  so  to  do,  except  in  the  case  of  a 
school  the  yearly  average  of  which  is  twelve  pupils  or  more,  the 
Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  shall  obtain  the  consent 
of  sixty  per  cent,  of  its  patrons  and  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  an  efficient  administration 
of  the  public  school  system,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
Article. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

26.  The  State  school  tax  and  free  school  fund  are  primarily 
intended,  under  this  article,  to  pay  the  salaries  of  the  teachers 
of  the   several  counties  and  to  provide   school  books  and   sta- 
tionery for  the  children  of  the  State ;  if,  however,  in  apportioning 
the  said  school  tax  among  the  different  counties  and  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  the  share  of  any  county  should  prove  inadequate  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid,  then  the  county  commissioners  of  such 
county  are  hereby  authorized,  empowered,  directed  and  required 
to  levy  and  collect  such  a  tax  upon  the  assessable  property  of 
such  county  as  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  shall 
designate  as  sufficient  to  make  good  the   deficiency ;  provided, 
that  said  tax  shall  not  exceed  fifteen  cents  on  the  hundred  dol- 
lars, unless  the  county  commissioners  shall  approve  and  sanc- 
tion an  additional  tax;  taxes   so   levied  and  collected  shall  be 
paid  quarterly,  on  the  day  fixed  for  payment  of  the  said  school 
tax  to  the  several  counties  (but  the  proceeds  from  special  taxes 
may  be  paid  oftener,   upon   the  order  of  the  board  of  county 
school    commissioners    to    the   treasurer   of   the    said    board   of 
county  school  commissioners),  in  order  that  the  schools  of  said 
counties  may  be  kept  open  for  the  time  herein  set  forth,  and 
said  tax  shall  be  levied  and  collected  as  other  taxes ;  any  sums  of 
money  which  may  have  been  specially  collected  or  levied  on  any 
election  or  schoolhouse   district  for   educational   purposes   con- 
nected with  these   districts  shall  be  collected  for  and  applied 
to  the  purposes  so  intended  originally,  and  shall  be  used  for  no 
other  purposes ;  and  if  said  funds  have  been  used  otherwise  they 
shall  be  returned  and  applied  as  aforesaid. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

27.  In  all  cases  where  the  county  has  not  been  properly  divided 
into  school  districts,  and  full  records  of  the  boundaries  thereof 
have  not  been  made  and  recorded,  the  board  of  county  school 


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commissioners  shall  appoint  a  committee  if,  in  their  opinion, 
they  deem  it  necessary,  consisting  of  three  persons  of  intelligence 
and  sound  judgment,  who  shall  divide  the  county  into  suitable 
school  districts,  define  and  describe  the  boundaries  of  each ; 
provided,  that  no  school  district  shall  contain  a  greater  area 
than  four  miles  square,  unless  a  part  of  it  be  located  in  a  thinly 
settled  region.  In  the  formation  of  the  school  districts  the  com- 
mittee shall  take  into  consideration  the  most  suitable  site  for 
the  schoolhouse,  the  general  features  of  the  country,  and  shall 
make  each  school  district  of  such  a  size  and  form  as  will  best 
accommodate  the  population  within  its  bounds.  The  commit- 
tee shall  make  an  accurate  description  of  the  bounds  of  the 
school  districts,  accompanied  by  a  plat,  and  shall  report  the  same 
to  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners,  who  shall  there- 
upon give  notice  in  all  the  newspapers  of  the  county  at  what 
time  they  will  meet  to  hear  applications  for  a  change  of  boun- 
daries, which  applications  shall  be  made  in  writing  and  within 
two  months  from  the  date  of  the  first  publication  of  such  notice. 
.When  the  applications  shall  have  been  made  and  considered,  the 
board  of  county  school  commissioners  may  then  change  the 
boundaries  of  school  districts  and  revise  the  description ;  or  they 
may,  without  application,  make  such  changes  as  may  be  deemed 
important,  or  they  may  ratify  and  confirm  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee. The  description  of  the  boundaries  of  school  districts 
shall  be  recorded  in  a  book,  kept  for  that  purpose,  by  the  secre- 
tary of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners.  In  those 
counties  where  no  newspaper  is  published  the  notice  of  applica- 
tion for  a  change  of  boundaries  shall  be  published  in  such  a 
manner  as  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  may  decide. 
Whenever  it  may  be  necessary,  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners shall  employ  a  surveyor  to  aid  the  committee  in  the 
performance  of  such  duty,  and  they  shall  allow  the  surveyor 
such  compensation  for  his  services  as  may  be  just  and  proper, 
and  the  committee  shall  receive  no  compensation  whatever  for 
their  services.  The  cost  of  dividing  the  county  shall  be  paid  by 
the  county  school  commissioners  out  of  the  school  fund  of  the 
county.  If  a  county  has  already  been  divided  into  school  dis- 
tricts, and  it  may  be  necessary  to  revise  the  same,  the  board  of 
county  school  commissioners  shall  have  full  power  to  make  such 


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revision  or  alterations  as  may  be  necessary  to  accommodate  the 
population  and  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  schools.  A  full  de- 
scription of  such  changes  and  alterations  shall  also  be  made  and 
recorded  as  aforesaid. 


1912,  ch.  333. 

28.  The  board  of  school  commissioners  of  Baltimore  city  and 
the  boards  of  county  school  commissioners  of  the  several  coun- 
ties shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  in  each  and 
every  year,  make  a  report  to  the  State  board  of  education  in  such 
form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  latter,  of  the  schools  and  all 
matters  affecting  the  educational  interest  of  the  respective  coun- 
ties and  Baltimore  city ;  they  shall  also  publish  annually,  in  such 
form  and  manner  as  they  may  deem  proper,  a  statement  of  their 
receipts  and  disbursements,  including  the  money  received  and 
expended  on  account  of  text-books,  and  a  statement  of  the  in- 
debtedness of  the  board  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  and  the 
items  of  expense  of  the  individual  schools,  and  forward  a  copy  of 
same  to  the  State  board  of  education. 


1898,  ch.  445. 

29.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  county  school  commissioner,  or 
his  resignation  or  removal  from  the  county,  or  disqualification 
from  any  legal  cause,  during  the  recess  of  the  General  Assembly, 
the  governor  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  qualified  person  to 
fill  the  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term ;  in  case  of  inefficiency, 
refusal  to  act,  or  breach  of  trust,  the  board  may,  by  vote  of  a 
majority  of  its  members,  declare  the  office  vacant  and  give  notice 
to  the  party  concerned.  An  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the  State 
board  of  education,  whose  decision  shall  be  final,  but  if  no  appeal 
be  taken  within  ten  days  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  as  herein- 
before provided. 

Ash  vs.  McVey,  85  Md.,  126. 


1872,  ch.  377. 

30.  No    teacher    in    actual    emplyoment    as    such    shall    fill    the 
position  of  county  school  commissioner. 


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CHAPTER  5— District  School  Trustees. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

31.  The  board  of  district  school  trustees  shall  have  the  care 
of  houses  and  lands  connected  therewith  intended  for  school 
purposes ;  also  furniture,  apparatus  and  other  school  property ; 
they  shall  attend  to  all  repairs  and  charge  the  cost  among  the 
incidental   expenses  of  the   school,  to   be  paid  out  of  the  tax 
levied  upon  the  assessable  property  of  the  county  as  herein  pro- 
vided for;  provided,  that  when  repairs  are  to  be  paid  out  of 
county  school  taxes,  the  amount  to  be  expended  for  said  school 
repairs  shall  be  determined  by  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners before  the  repairs  are  made ;  the  board  shall  employ 
a   principal  teacher,   subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board   of 
county  school  commissioners,  from  among  those  persons  who 
hold  the  certificate  required  by  this  article;  they  shall  exercise 
a  general  supervision  over  their  respective   schools,  and   visit 
them  frequently,  and  shall  cause  instruction  to  be  given  for  ten 
months  in  the  year,  if  possible. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

32.  The  board  of  district  school  trustees  shall  see  that  every 
schoolhouse  site  is  provided  with  suitable  outbuildings. 

1894,  ch.  524,  sees.  1  and  2. 

33.  Board  of  school  commissioners  in  every  city  and  county 
of  the  State  shall  provide  suitable  and  convenient  water  closets 
or  outhouses  for  each  of  the  schools  under  their  official  juris- 
diction, not  less  than  two  for  each  school   or  building,  when 
both  sexes  are  in  attendance,  in  their  respective  school  districts, 
with  separate  means  of  access  for  each ;  and  unless  placed  at  a 
remote  distance,  one  from  the  other,  the  approaches  or  walks 
thereto  shall  be  separated  by  a  substantial  close  fence,  not  less 
than  seven  feet  high ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  commis- 
sioners to  make  provisions  for  keeping  the  said  water  closets  or 
outhouses  in  clean,  comfortable  and  healthful  condition.     Any 
failure  on  the  part  of  said  public  school  commissioners  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  make  them  liable 
to  be  removed  from  office  by  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
either  in  the   city  of  Baltimore   or  in  any   county   where  the 


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schools  may  be  located,  upon  complaint  made  to  the  court,  un- 
der oath  or  affirmation  of  not  less  than  five  taxable  citizens 
residents  in  the  said  school  district  in  which  the  school  com- 
plained of  is  located;  provided,  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
affect  the  counties  of  Caroline,  Kent,  Dorchester,  Somerset,  Bal- 
timore, Worcester,  Howard,  Prince  George's  and  Frederick. 

1914,  ch.  461 

34.  No  school  house  shall  be  used  for  any  other  purpose 
than  public  school  purposes  and  school  district  meetings  unless 
by  consent  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  provided,  however,  whenever  an  application 
is  made  to  the  trustees  of  a  school,  or  to  the  School  Board,  or 
other  body  having  charge  of  school  houses,  signed  by  twenty-five 
citizens  in  the  school  district  where  the  said  school  is  situated, 
requesting  the  use  of  the  school  building  for  a  non-partisan  gath- 
ering of  citizens  for  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  public 
questions,  or  for  other  civic,  social  or  recreational  activities  the 
said  school  authorities  shall  allow  the  free  use  of  such  school 
building  or  grounds  of  same  for  the  purpose  enumerated  above ; 
provided,  however,  said  meetings  shall  be  held  during  such  hours 
as  the  school  buildings  are  not  being  used  for  their  prime  pur- 
pose. 

34-A.  When  the  citizens  of  any  community  are  organized 
into  a  non-partisan,  non-sectarian,  non-exclusive  association  for 
the  presentation  and  discussion  of  public  questions,  such  organ- 
ization, upon  request  to  the  trustees  of  any  school,  or  to  the 
School  Board,  or  other  body  having  charge  of  school  houses,  may 
in  the  discretion  of  the  said  authorities,  have  the  free  use  of  any 
school  building  in  this  State,  for  weekly,  bi-weekly,  or  monthly 
gatherings,  or  at  such  times  as  the  citizens'  organization  shall  re- 
quest or  designate ;  provided,  however,  said  meetings  shall  be 
held  during  such  hours  as  the  school  buildings  are  not  being  used 
for  their  prime  purpose. 

34-B.  The  trustees  of  schools,  the  School  Board,  or  other 
board  having  charge  of  school  houses,  may  provide  for  the  free 
and  gratuitous  use  of  school  houses  for  such  other  civic,  social 
and  recreational  activities,  as  in  their  opinion  do  not  interfere 
with  the  prime  use  of  the  said  school  buildings  or  properties. 


20  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

34-C.  The  person  or  persons  making  application  for  the 
use  of  a  school  house  for  a  public  meeting,  shall  be  responsible 
for  all  damage  to  the  property  occurring  at  such  meeting,  ordi- 
nary wear  and  tear  excepted,  and  upon  failure  of  the  person  or 
persons  to  respond  in  damages  for  any  such  injury  to  the  prop- 
erty, the  School  Board  or  other  board  in  charge  of  the  school 
house,  may  refuse  all  future  applications  for  the  wider  use  of 
the  property  until  such  injury  is  repaired,  without  expense  to  the 
board  in  charge  of  the  property. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  or  persons  making  applica- 
tion for  the  use  of  a  school  house  for  a  public  meeting  place,  t& 
place  the  said  school  house  after  said  meeting  in  as  clean  a  con- 
dition as  it  was  before  said  meeting,  and  any  failure  upon  the  part 
of  said  person  or  persons  to  whom  permission  has  been  granted 
to  hold  a  meeting  to  place  said  school  house  after  said  meeting  in 
as  clean  a  condition  as  it  was  when  said  school  house  was  turned 
over  to  said  person  or  persons  for  said  meeting  will  warrant  said 
school  authorities  in  refusing  to  allow  any  further  use  of  said 
school  house  to  the  same  parties. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

35.  Contiguous   portions   of   two   or    more   schoolhouse    dis- 
tricts  may,   with   the   consent   of   the   board   of   county   school 
commissioners,  combine  and  form  a  new  schoolhouse  district; 
and  when  thus  formed  the  said  new  schoolhouse  district  shall 
be  invested  with  all  the  rights  and  powers  hereinbefore  set  forth 
as  pertaining  to  such  districts ;  provided,  that  the  new  school- 
house  district  thus  formed,  or  said  district  from  which  it  may 
be  formed,  shall  not  contain  less  than  thirty-five  legal  resident 
voters. 

1874,  ch.  463. 

36.  In  case  of  neglect  of  duty,  or  refusal  to  act,  on  the  part 
of  the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees,  their  places  shall  be 
declared  vacant  by  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners, 
who  shall  fill  the  same  by  new  appointment,  but  if  it  be  found 
impossible   to   secure   competent  persons   who  will   act   in   this 
capacity,  then  the  duties  of  the  board  of  district  school   trus- 
tees for  the  particular  district  shall  devolve  upon  the  board  of 
county   school   commissioners. 


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CHAPTER  6— Schoolhouses  and  Sites. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

37.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners to  select  a  suitable  schoolhouse  site  in  each  district 
whenever  the  necessities  of  the  public  school  demand  a  change 
of  site  or  sites  already  built  upon,  or  a  new  schoolhouse  site 
to  be  built. 

1874,  ch.  463. 

38.  The  board  of  county  school  commissioners  may  receive 
donations  for  such  sites  or  locations  for  schoolhouses,  or  of  a 
house  already  built  adapted  to  school  purposes,  or  suitably  lo- 
cated, or  may  purchase  the  same ;  but  in  no  case  shall  any  site 
be  built  upon  or  any  house  be  occupied  until  a  good  and  suffi- 
cient title  shall  have  been  obtained  for  the  same  in  the  corporate 
name  of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners.     In  cases, 
however,  where  the  property  owned  by  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners  in  any  school  district  proves  unsuited  for 
school  purposes,  the  board  is  authorized  to  sell   or  lease  the 
same,  and  to  appropriate  the  amount  obtained  by  such  sale  or 
lease  to  the  purchase  or  lease  of  a  proper  schoolhouse  at  a  suit- 
able location  for  the  said  district. 

1912,  ch.  532. 

39.  When  the  lands  shall  be  required  for  the  site  of  a  school- 
house,  or  for  enlarging  a  schoolhouse  lot,  or  for  play  grounds 
or  other  school  purposes,  and  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners shall  for  any  cause  be  unable  to  contract  with  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof  upon  what  it  deems  to  be  a  fair  valua- 
tion thereof,  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  may  ap- 
ply for  a  writ  of  ad  quod  damnwn  to  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court 
for  the   county,  who  shall   forthwith   issue  the   same   and  the 
sheriff  shall  execute  the  said  writ  and  return  an  inquisition  de- 
scribing the  land  and  stating  the  amount  of  damages  to  be  paid 
to  the  owner;  and  the  judge  of  the  circuit  court  for  the  county 
may  at  any  time   after  the   return   of  the   inquisition,  in   term 
or  during  recess,  hear  a  motion  to  confirm  such  inquisition,  on 
such  notice  to  the  parties  as  he  may  direct,  and  confirm  or  quash 
the  same;  and  if  he  quashes  the  inquisition,  he  shall  order  a 
new  one  forthwith  to  be  taken ;  but  no  lot  so  taken  or  enlarged 


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shall  exceed,  in  the  whole,  five  acres,  including  the  land  occupied 
by  the  school  building;  provided,  that  the  repeal  and  re-enact- 
ment of  this  section  shall  in  no  wise  affect  any  proceedings  be- 
gun and  pending  at  the  date  of  its  passage,  but  any  such  pro- 
ceeding shall  be  controlled  by  the  law  as  it  existed  at  the  time 
of  the  institution  thereof. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

40.  In  all  cases  when  schoolhouse  sites  are  thus  purchased 
or  condemned  the  cost  thereof  shall  be  paid  as  other  schoolhouse 
property  is  paid  for. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

41.  Every  schoolhouse  shall  be  built  and  furnished  according 
to   plans   and   drawings   issued   from   the   office   of   the   county 
school  commissioners. 

CHAPTER  7— Schools. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

42.  The  schools  under  the  charge  of  the  board  of  county 
school    commissioners    for    each    county    shall    respectively    be 
designated  school  No.  1,  2;  3,  and  so  forth,  of  their  respective 
election   districts. 

1914,  ch.  480 

43.  In  every  school  house  district  in  each  county,  established 
as  hereinbefore  provided  there  shall  be  kept  for  ten  months  in  each 
year  if  possible  one  or  more  schools,  according  to  population 
which  shall  be  free  to  all  white  youths  over  six  and  under  twenty- 
one  years  of  age;  provided  the  Board  of  County  School  Com- 
missioners in  each  county  may  close  all  schools  in  any  school 
district  when  they  deem  it  best  so  to  do,  except  such  schools  as 
are  exempt  from  consolidation  and  closing  under  Section  25. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

44.  In   every  district  school   there   shall   be  taught  orthog* 
raphy,  reading,  writing,  subjects  for  language  training,  English 
grammar,  geography,  arithmetic,  history  of  the  United  States, 
good  behavior,  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  consti- 
tution and  history  of  Maryland,  vocal  music,  drawing,  physiol- 
ogy, laws  of  health  and  domestic  economy,  civil  government; 
and  the  elements  of  agricultural  science  may,  in  the  discretion 


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of  the  State  board  of  education,  be  added  to  the  branches  re- 
quired to  be  taught  in  the  State  normal  school  and  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  the  various  counties  of  the  State. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

45.  The  nature  of  alcoholic  drinks  and  narcotics,  with  special 
instruction  as  to  their  effects  upon  the  human  system,  in  con- 
nection with  the  several  divisions  of  the  subjects  of  physiology 
and  hygiene,  shall  be  included  in  the  branches  of  study  taught 
in  the  common  schools,  and  shall  be  taught  to  and  studied  by 
all  pupils  whose  capacity  will  admit  of  it,  in  all  departments  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  State,  and  in  all  educational  institu- 
tions supported  wholly  or  in  part  by  money  from  the  State; 
and  said  study  shall  be  taught  to  and  studied  by  pupils  in  said 
schools  as  thoroughly  and  in  the  same  manner  as  other  like 
branches  are  there  taught  and  studied,  with  text-books  in  hands 
of  pupils,  where  other  like  branches  are  thus  studied. 

1886,  ch.  495. 

46.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  boards  of  county  school  commis- 
sioners, and  of  the  board  of  commissioners  of  public  schools 
of   Baltimore   city,   county   superintendents,   superintendents   of 
public  schools  of  Baltimore  city,  and  boards  of  all  educational 
institutions   receiving   aid   from   the   State   to   enforce   the   pro- 
visions of  the  preceding  section. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

47.  Whenever  a   school   numbers   more  than   forty   children 
in  the  average  attendance,  an  assistant  may   be   employed  by 
the  board  of  county  school  commissioners,  in  their  discretion; 
and  for  every  additional  forty  children,  one  teacher  may  be  ap- 
pointed. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

48.  Whenever  the  average  attendance  in  any  school  for  any 
two  consecutive  terms  is  less  than  ten  pupils,  the  said  school 
may  be  closed  by  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners; 
provided,  that  the  board  of  district  school  trustees  may  keep 
the  school  open  in  part  at  the  expense  of  the  district,  and  shall 
receive   their   proportion   of   the   school   fund   for   said   school, 
rating  a  full  school  at  twenty  scholars. 


24  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1872,  ch.  377. 

49.  Public  examinations  shall  be  held  in  each  school  twice 
a  year,  of  which   due  notice  shall  be  given,   that  parents  and 
others  interested  in  education  may  attend. 

Ibid. 

50.  Schools  shall  be  kept  open  each  week  day,  except  Satur- 
day, for  six  hours ;  and  the  hours  for  teaching  shall  be  regu- 
lated by  the  several  boards  of  county  school  commissioners. 

Ibid. 

51.  Any  person  who  shall  disturb  any  public  school  in  ses- 
sion shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
twenty  dollars,  to  be  collected  as  other  fines,  to  be  paid  to  the 
board  of  district  school  trustees  for  the  benefit  of  the  school-- 
house district ;  or  said  offender  shall  be  imprisoned  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  justice  of  the 
peace. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

52.  The  school  year  shall  be  divided  into  four  terms,  which 
shall  be  designated  fall  term,  winter  term,  spring  term  and  sum- 
mer term;  and  the  time  of  beginning  and  closing  each  term 
shall  be  regulated  by  the  board  of  county  school  commission- 
ers; provided,  that  the  financial  reports  of  the  schools  of  the 
State  shall  be  made  up  and  rendered  to  the  thirty-first  day  of 
July,  inclusive,  of  each  and  every  year;  and  provided,  further, 
that  there  be  no  change  in  or  encroachment  upon  the  holidays 
and  vacations  set  forth  and  established  in  the  following  para- 
graph : 

The  months  of  July  and  August  shall  be  vacation  through- 
out the  whole  State,  and  the  following  days  shall  be  holidays, 
viz. :  Thanksgiving  Day,  from  Christmas  Eve  to  the  first  day  of 
January,  inclusive,  and  from  the  Friday  before  Easter  to  the 
Monday  after  Easter,  inclusive;  on  Washington's  birthday  the 
schools  shall  devote  a  portion  of  the  day  to  exercises  bearing 
on  the  life  and  services  of  "The  Father  of  Our  Country" ;  Mary- 
land Day  shall  be  observed  at  such  a  time  and  in  such  manner 
as  the  State  board  of  education  may  direct. 


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In  case  it  may  be  necessary  to  open  school  for  a  fraction  o! 
a  term,  it  shall  close  at  the  end  of  the  term,  and  all  accounts 
shall  be  settled  at  the  meeting  of  the  board  of  county  school 
commissioners  held  at  the  end  of  the  term. 


CHAPTER  8— Teachers. 

1914,  ch.  85. 

53.  No  person  shall  be  employed  as  a  teacher  under  this  Arti- 
cle unless  such  person  shall  hold  a  certificate  of  qualification  (a) 
issued  by  the  superintendent  of  the  County  in  which  he  or  she 
proposes  to  teach ;  (b)   a  diploma  of  a  State  Normal  School  of 
Maryland,  or  of  the  normal  department  of  Washington  College; 
(c)  a  diploma  of  a  standard  normal  school  of  another  State,  which 
has  been  endorsed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Educa- 
tion ;  (d)  a  diploma  of  a  reputable  college  or  university  maintain- 
ing a  department  of  pedagogy  or  education,  which  has  been  ap- 
proved by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education  of  Mary- 
land; (e)  in  the  case  of  high  school  teachers,  the  diploma  of  a 
standard   college,    the   work   of   which    included   instruction    in 
pedagogy  satisfactory  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Edu- 
cation; or  (f)  a  certificate  from  the  State  Board  of  Education  as 
herein  provided,  and  after  June  1,  1915,  no  person  who  has  not 
been  previously  regularly  employed  as  a  teacher  shall  be  ap- 
pointed a  teacher  without  having  had  special  pedagogic  training 
of  at   least   five   weeks  in   an   approved   summer   school,   or   its 
equivalent. 

School  Board  vs.  Wagaman,  84  Md.,  161. 

1908,  ch.  635. 

54.  Any   graduate   of  the   department   of   pedagogy   of   any 
reputable    college   or   university   maintaining   a   department    of 
pedagogy,  that  has  been  approved  by  the  State  board  of  educa- 
tion of  Maryland,  shall  be  entitled  to  teach  in  the  public  elemen- 
tary or  high  schools  of  the  State  of  Maryland  without  exami- 
nation.    The  diploma  of  said  graduate  shall  be  rated  as  a  first 
grade  teacher's   certificate  and  be  subject  to   classification   by 
the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  in  which  said  graduate 
may  be  employed  to  teach. 


26  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1904,  ch.  584. 

55.  Principal  teachers  shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  of  dis- 
trict school  trustees,  subject  to  'confirmation  by  the  board  of 
county   school   commissioners ;   and    said   teachers   may   be   re- 
moved at  any  time  said  board  of  district  school  trustees  may 
think  proper,  after  thirty  days'  notice  in  writing;  provided,  fur- 
ther, that  the  said  board  of  district  school  trustees  shall  furnish, 
in  writing,  when  required  by  the  teacher  so  notified,  the  reasons 
for  dismissal;  provided,  further,  that  the  right  of  appeal  shall 
lie  to  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners,  whose  action 
in  confirming  or  rejecting  the  action  of  the   district   trustees 
shall  be  final. 

1874,  ch.  463. 

56.  Teachers  shall  enter  into  their  quarterly  reports  an  ac- 
curate account  of  the  attendance  of  pupils,  of  text-books  used 
and  branches  taught,  and  such  other  statistics  as  may  be  re- 
quired, and  make  due  returns  thereof  to  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners  at  the  end  of  each  term;  and  no  teacher 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  payment  for  services  until  the  quar- 
terly report,  properly  filled  up  and  completed,  shall  be  so  re- 
turned.    The  quarterly  reports  shall  be  filed  by  the  board  of 
county   school   commissioners   for   the   purpose   of  making   the 
annual  returns  to  the  State  board  of  education. 

School  Com.  vs.  Adams,  43  Md.,  349. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

57.  The    board    of   county    school    commissioners    shall    ex- 
amine any  charge  preferred  against  the  moral  character  of  any 
teacher  within  their  county;  they  shall  give  the  teacher  reason- 
able notice  of  the  charge  in  writing,  and  an  opportunity  to  de- 
fend himself;  and  if  the  charge  be  sustained,  they  shall  annul 
the  teacher's  certificate,   and   shall  give   notice  thereof  to   the 
State  board  of  education;  provided,  that  an  appeal  shall  lie  to 
the  State  board  of  education,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

58.  Any  person  holding  a  first-class  teacher's  certificate,  or 
diploma  of  a  reputable  college,  or  of  a  State  normal  school,  who 
has  been  a  teacher  for  seven  years,  of  which  five  years  shall 
have  been  spent  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  may  apply  to  the 


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State  board  of  education  for  a  life  certificate,  which,  if  granted, 
shall  exempt  him  or  her  from  any  further  examinations;  said 
certificate  may  be  annulled  by  said  board  at  any  time  on  ac- 
count of  immoral  or  unprofessional  conduct. 

1912,  ch.  138. 

59.  The  salaries  of  the  teachers  of  each  county  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  any  public  local  law  or  public  general  law  now  in 
force  or  hereafter  to  be  passed;  provided,  that  no  white  teacher 
regularly  employed  in  a  public  school  of  the  State  of  Maryland, 
having  an  average  attendance  of  ten  or  more  pupils,  shall  receive 
a  salary  less  than  three  hundred  dollars  per  school  year;  pro- 
vided, Garrett  county  shall  be  exempted  from  the  provisions  of 

thls  act  1910,  ch.  420. 

60.  All  white  teachers  regularly  employed,  holding  a  first- 
class  teacher's  certificate  and  having  taught  for  a  period  of  three 
years  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  shall 
receive  as  salary  not  less  than  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
($350)   per  annum ;  and  provided,  further,  that  if  such  teacher 
hold  a  first-class  teacher's  certificate  and  has  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  Maryland  for  a  period  of  five  years,  he  or  she  shall 
receive  an  annual  salary  of  not  less  than  four  hundred  dollars 
($400)  ;  and  provided,  further,  that  if  a  teacher  holds  a  first- 
class  teacher's  certificate  and  has  taught  in  the  public  schools 
of  Maryland  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  he  or  she  shall  receive 
as  an  annual  salary  not  less  than  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
$450)  ;  and  provided,  further,  that  if  a  teacher  holds  a  second- 
class  teacher's  certificate  and  has  taught  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  State  of  Maryland  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  he  or  she 
shall  receive  as  an  annual  salary  not  less  than  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars    ($350).     The   county  commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  levy  a  sufficient  amount  to  meet  the  increase  of 
salaries  provided  for  in  this  act. 

1914,  ch.  159. 

60-A.  Any  white  teacher  regularly  employed  as  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools  of  Maryland,  holding  a  diploma  of  a  standard 
normal  school  or  a  diploma  of  the  department  of  pedagogy  or 
education  of  a  standard  college  or  university  which  has.  the  ap- 
proval of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  or  who  shall 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

have  gained  sufficient  credits  from  summer  school  or  special 
training  courses  as  may  satisfy  the  State  Department  of  Educa- 
tion that  said  credits  are  equivalent  to  graduation  from  a  normal 
school,  and  that  the  instruction  of  such  teacher  is  equal  in  value 
and  efficiency  to  that  of  a  graduate  of  a  normal  school  and  so 
certified  by  the  State  Department  of  Education  to  the  Board  of 
County  School  Commissioners  of  the  County  where  such  person 
is  employed  as  teacher  shall  receive  as  a  salary  not  less  than 
four  hundred  dollars  ($400)  per  annum ;  and  after  having  taught 
for  a  period  of  three  years  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of  the 
State  of  Maryland  shall  receive  as  salary  not  less  than  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  ($450)  per  annum ;  if  such  teacher  has 
taught  as  above  for  a  period  of  five  years,  he  or  she  shall  re- 
ceive as  salary  not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  per 
annum ;  if  such  teacher  has  taught  as  above  for  a  period  of  eight 
years,  he  or  she  shall  receive  as  salary  not  less  than  five  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  ($550)^  per  annum,  provided  this  section  shall 
apply  only  to  teachers  whose  diplomas  or  certificates  are  rated 
as  first  class  by  the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  in  which 
the  teacher  is  employed.  The  County  Commissioners  of  each 
County  shall  levy  sufficient  funds  to  meet  the  increase  of  salaries 
provided  for  in  this  Section. 

1910,  ch.  420. 

61.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  October  of  each  year  the 
county  superintendent  shall  submit  to  the  county  school  board 
a  lisc  of  all  teachers  employed,  together  with  a  classification 
of  their  certificates.     In  determining  the  class  of  the  certificates 
the  following  points  are  to  be  considered :  (a)  scholarship ;  (b) 
executive  ability ;  (c)  personality,  and  (d)  teaching  power.    The 
county  superintendent  may  add  such  other  requirements  as  may 
be    approved  by  the  State  board  of  education. 

1914,  ch.  736. 

62.  Whenever  any  person  in  this  State  has  taught  in  any  of 
the  public  or  normal  schools  thereof  twenty-five  years,  and  has 
reached  the  age  of  sixty  years,  and  his  or  her  record  as  such 
teacher  has  been  without  reproach,  and  by  reason  of  physical  or 
mental  Disability  or  infirmity  is  unable  to  teach  longer,  and  who, 
moreover,  is  without  the  means  of  comfortable  support,  the  said 


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teacher  may  lay  his  or  her  case  before  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, supported  in  all  cases  by  the  recommendation  of  the  Board 
of  County  School  Commissioners  of  the  County  in  which  said 
teacher  has  last  taught,  and  the  said  board  shall  proceed  to  con- 
sider the  same,  and  if  the  facts  are  found  as  above  stated  the  said 
teacher  shall  be  placed  on  a  list,  a  record  of  which  shall  be  kept 
by  the  said  board,  to  be  known  as  the  "Teachers'  Retired  List," 
and  every  person  so  placed  on  said  retired  list  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  a  pension  from  the  State  of  two  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  to  be  paid  quarterly  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  so  long  as  such  pensioner  is  without  other  means 
of  comfortable  support,  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  in 
extraordinary  cases  waive  the  age  limit  as  herein  provided,  pro- 
vided, however,  the  applicant  has  all  the  other  qualifications  as 
provided  herein.  The  Treasurer. of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion shall  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, December,  March  and  June  of  each  year,  certify  to  the 
Comptroller  the  sum  of  money  necessary  for  the  payment  of  said 
pensions  for  the  current  quarter  as  provided  by  this  Section,  and 
the  Comptroller,  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  months  of 
October,  January,  April  and  July  issue  his  warrant  on  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  in  favor  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  for  the  amount  so  certified.  That  the  sum  of  thirty- 
four  thausand  dollars  ($34,000),  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  annually  out  of  any  moneys  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  carry  into  -effect  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act. 

CHAPTER  9— Pupils. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

63.  All  white  youths  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty- 
one  years  shall  be  admitted  into  the  public  schools  of  the  State, 
the  studies  of  which  they  may  be  able  to  pursue ;  provided,  that 
whenever  there  are  grade  schools,  the  teachers  and  board   of 
district  school  trustees  shall  determine  to  which  school  pupils 
shall  be  admitted. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

64.  The  board  of  district  school  trustees   shall  have  power 
to  suspend  and  expel  pupils  for  cause ;  provided,  that  an  appeal 
shall  lie  to  the  board   of  county  school   commissioners,  whose 
decision   shall   be   final. 


30  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1872,  ch.  377. 

65.  Children  living  remote  from  the  school  of  the  district  in 
which  they  reside  may  attend  school  in  an  adjoining  district, 
with  the  consent  of  the  boards  of  the  respective  school  districts. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

66.  Every  child,  before  being  admitted  to  any  public  school, 
shall  produce  a  certificate  from  a  regular  physician  that  he  has 
been  properly  vaccinated. 

i 

CHAPTER  10— Text-Books. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

67.  School  books  shall  contain  nothing  of  a  sectarian  or  par- 
tisan character. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

68.  The  board  of  public  school  commissioners  of  Baltimore 
city  and  each  board  of  county  school  commissioners  shall  adopt 
and  purchase  text-books  for  use  in  the  public  schools  of  said 
city  and  of  the  several  counties  of  the  State,  as  such  new  text- 
books are  required,  and  when  so  purchased  the  necessary  text- 
books shall  be  furnished  free  of  cost  for  use  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  State,  subject  to  the  order  of  said  boards;  but  said  boards 
shall  have  the  right  at  any  time  to  change  any  series  of  text- 
books already  in  use  or  hereafter  adopted;  provided,  that  text- 
books shall  be  furnished  under  the  provisions  of  this  article  to 
the  several  grades  in  the  public  schools  successively,  beginning 
with  the  first  grade ;  and  provided,  that  the  said  board  shall  not 
be  required  to  expend  during  any  school  year  for  said  text-books 
more  than  the  several  amounts  of  money  received  by  said  boards 
respectively  under  the  provisions  of  this  article;  and  provided, 
that  indigent  pupils  of  all  grades  shall  receive  text-books  free  of 
cost,  as  provided  under  provisions  of  existing  laws ;  and  pro- 
vided, the  said  respective  boards  shall  adopt  means  for  the  pur- 
chase of  text-books  by  competitive  bidding,  and  at  the  lowest 
possible  price;  and  provided,  that  parents  or  pupils  may  pur- 
chase their  own  text-books  where  they  may  think  proper;  and 
provided,  further,  that  the  several  boards  of  county  school  com- 
missioners shall  furnish  annually  to  the  State  board  of  educa- 


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tion  the  title,  the  name  of  the  publisher  and  the  net  price  paid 
for  each  text-book  so  purchased,  which  information  shall  be  set 
forth  in  full  in  the  annual  report  made  to  the  State  board  of 
education. 

School  Commrs.  vs.  State  Bd.  Education,  26  Md.,  513. 

1896,  ch.  135. 

69.  The  said  several  boards  shall  authorize  the  delivery  of 
text-books  to  the  various  public  schools  under  their  supervision 
respectively,   and    shall   provide    for   the    issuing,   safe-keeping 
care  and  return  of  the  same  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
they   may   severally   adopt. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

70.  The   said   several   boards   shall   keep    an   account  of  all 
moneys  expended  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  report 
the  same  in  the  annual  financial  account,  as  required  by  law;  and 
no  money  so  received  by  them  shall  ever  be  used  for  any  other 
purpose  than  for  the  purchase  of  school  books,  as  provided  by 
the  two  preceding  sections ;  except  in  such  counties  where  there 
may  remain  a  surplus  after  the  purchase  of  necessary  text-books, 
the  boards  may  expend  such  surplus  amounts  in  the  purchase 
of  maps  of  the  State  of  Maryland  and  supplementary  reading 
books  for  pupils. 

1908,  ch.  635. 

71.  The  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand   dollars  is 
hereby  appropriated  to  be  paid  by  the  State  treasurer  upon  the 
warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  the  first  day  of  October,   1908, 
and  annually  thereafter,  to  be  expended,  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary,  for  the  purchase  of  text-books,  as  provided 
in  this  article.     The  whole  of  said  sum   shall   be   apportioned 
by  the  comptroller  in  the  month  of  September  of  each  and  every 
year,  according  to  and  based  upon  the  total  number  of  different 
pupils  enrolled,  as  disclosed  by  the  statistics  of  the  report  of  the 
State  board  of  education  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  July  31,  1907, 
and  every  succeeding  odd  year,  and  he  shall  immediately  there- 
after notify  the  treasurer  of  the  several  boards  of  county  school 
commissioners  of  the  counties  and  the  city  of  Baltimore  of  the 
amount  thus  found  to  be  due  to  each,  and  the  same  shall  be 
paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  school  commissioners  of 


32  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

Baltimore  city  and  the  several  counties  upon  the  draft  of  the 
president  and  secretary  of  the  several  boards  of  county  school 
commissioners  and  the  city  of  Baltimore  aforesaid. 

CHAPTER  11— County  Superintendent. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

72.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  to  ex- 
amine candidates  for  the  profession  of  teacher,  in  the  presence 
of  at  least  one  member  of  the  board  of  county  school  commis- 
sioners, or  one  or  more  of  the  district  trustees,  and  to  give  to 
such  persons  as  are  found  qualified,  under  the  sanction  of  the 
board  at  its  next  meeting,  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  branches 
such  persons  are  competent  to  teach;  but  nq  certificate  shall 
be  granted  without  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  moral  character 
of  the  applicant. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

73.  The    certificate    issued    by    each    county    superintendent 
shall  be  numbered  and  registered  in  a  book  kept  by  the  board 
of  county  school  commissioners,  and  be  delivered  to  their  suc- 
cessors in  office,  and  shall  be  denominated  first  or  second  grade, 
as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  State  board  of  education  shall  keep 
a  book  in  the  same  manner  as  the  county  superintendent;  cer- 
tificates of  the  first  grade  shall  embrace  orthography,  reading, 
writing,  arithmetic,  geography,  United  States  history,  English 
grammar,  bookkeeping,  algebra,  natural  philosophy,  physiology, 
plane    geometry    (four    books),    general    history,    national    and 
State   constitutions,   theory   and   practice   of  teaching,   and   the 
laws  and  by-laws  of  the  public  school  system  of  Maryland ;  and 
those  of  the  second  shall  embrace  orthography,  reading,  writing, 
arithmetic,  geography,  United  States  history,  English  grammar, 
history  of  Maryland,  constitutions  of  United  States  and  of  Mary- 
land, physiology,  algebra   (to  quadratics),  theory   and  practice 
of  teaching,  the  laws  and  by-laws  of  the  public  school  system  of 
Maryland ;  such  a  certificate  held  by  a  person  who  obtains  a 
school   within   six   months   from   the    time   the    certificate   was 
issued  shall  not  continue  in  force  longer  than  six  months  after 
acceptance  of  the  position  of  teacher,  unless  the  persons  hold- 
ing the  same  shall  satisfy  the  county  superintendent  of  his  or 


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her  fitness  for  governing  a  school,  and  his  or  her  ability  to  im- 
part instruction  in  the  various  branches  taught  in  the  public 
schools ;  but  when  the  county  superintendent  shall  satisfy  him- 
self upon  these  points,  he  shall  be  empowered  to  issue  a  cer- 
tificate, which  shall  continue  in  force  for  five  years,  unless  re- 
voked for  cause ;  a  person  holding  such  certificate,  who  fails 
to  obtain  a  school  within  six  months  after  issuance  of  same, 
shall  not  be  required  to  pass  another  examination  in  the  same 
county  for  fifteen  months  from  date  of  granting  the  certificate. 

1894,  ch.  378. 

74.  No  certificate  of  qualification  as  a  teacher  shall  be  issued 
to  any  male  under  nineteen  years  of  age,  or  to  any  female  un- 
der eighteen  years  of  age. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

75.  The  county  superintendent  shall  hold  regular  examina- 
tions of  teachers  at  such  times  as  the  board  may  direct,  of  which 
due  notice  shall  be  given  in  the  newspapers,  or  otherwise.     No 
superintendent    shall    be   allowed    to    charge    any    fees    for   the 
issuing  of   certificates   to   teachers;   and   if   any   superintendent 
shall  be  found  guilty  of  charging  or  receiving  any  fee  or  reward 
directly  or  indirectly  for  issuing  any  certificate  to  a  teacher,  he 
shall  be  dismissed  from  office. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

76.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent,  or  his 
assistant,  at  least  three  times  in  each  year,  to  visit  the  schools 
in  his  county,  if  it  contains  sixty  teachers  or  less,  and  twice  a 
year  in  counties  having  more  than  sixty  and  less  than  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  teachers,  and  once  a  year  in  counties  where 
there   are  more  than   one   hundred   and   seventy-five;   he   shall 
observe  the  methods  of  the  teachers  and  give  him  or  her  such 
practical   suggestions  as  circumstances   may  prompt;  he   shall, 
whenever  possible,  attend  public  examinations  and  report  quar- 
terly in  detail  the  result  of  his  observation  through  the  board  of 
county  school  commissioners.     In  counties  where  the  number 
of  teachers  shall  exceed  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  the  board 
of  county  school  commissioners  may,  in  their  discretion,  appoint 
an  assistant  county  superintendent. 


34  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1910,  ch.  147. 

77.  The  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  any  county 
may,  in  their  discretion,  appoint  a  grade  supervisor;  provided, 
that  in  counties  where  the  number  of  teachers  shall  exceed  one 
hundred  and  fifty,  one  additional  supervisor  may  be  appointed  ; 
and  for  every  additional  one  hundred  teachers,  one  additional 
supervisor  may  be  appointed,  who,  in  each  case,  shall  have  had 
at  least  five  years'  experience  as  a  teacher  of  elementary  grades, 
and  such  special  preparation  for  this  work  as  may,  hereafter,  be 
determined  by  the  State  board  of  education. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

78.  The  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  board  of  county  school 
commissioners  shall  give  bond  to  the  State  of  Maryland,  with 
at  least  two  securities  to  be  approved  by  the  said  board,  in  such 
penal  sum  as  the  said  board  shall  determine,  with  the  condition 
that  he  will  faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  secretary  and  treas- 
urer,  pay   over   and   apply   all   moneys   that  shall  come   to   his 
hands  or  care  as  treasurer  to  such  persons  and  in  such  manner  as 
said  board  may,  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  direct ;  and 
that  he  will  keep  a  full  account  of  all  moneys  received  and  paid 
by  him,  and  all  matters  relating  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and 
preserve  the  same  and  all  vouchers  relating  thereto,  and  deliver 
up  all  books  and  vouchers  relating  to  his  office  to  his  successor, 
which  said  bond,  when  executed,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  clerk  of  the  court  for  the  county.     He  shall  be  present  at 
every  meeting  of  the  board,  and  may  debate  any  question  before 
them,  but  shall  have  no  vote.     He  shall  keep  the  minutes  and 
conduct  the  correspondence,  and  shall  duly  file  away  and  safely 
keep  all  letters,  reports  and  other  papers  pertaining  to  the  busi- 
ness of  the  board.     He  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  board 
for  their  adoption  the  annual  report  to  the  State  board  of  edu- 
cation. 

Howard  vs.   Hill,  88  Md.,   119. 

1890,  ch.  511. 

79.  In  lieu  of  the  security  provided  for  in  the  last  preceding 
section,  the  said  bond  may  have  the  security  of  any  deposit  or 
trust   company,   or    other   similar    company,    duly    incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  having  by  law  the  power  to 
act  as  such  security. 


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1872,  ch.  377. 

80.  The  person  or  persons  acting-  as  secretary,  treasurer  and 
county  superintendent,  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  shall 
devote  their  whole  time   to   public   school   business,   and   shall 
receive  such  compensation  as  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners may  direct. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

81.  The  superintendent  of  each  county  shall,  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  January  in  every  year,   notify  the  comptroller 
how  many  months  the  schools  of  his  county  have  been  kept  open. 

CHAPTER  12— State  Normal  Schools. 

1914,  ch.  124 

82.  There  shall  be  located  in  the  vicinity  of  the  City  of  Balti- 
more, in  the  City  of  Frostburg,  and  near  the  town  of  Bowie,  State 
Normal  Schools  for  the  instruction  and  practice  of  teachers  in 
the  science  of  education,  the  art  of  teaching  and  the  mode  of  gov- 
erning schools;  the  said  schools  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  who  shall  appoint  the  principals,  neces- 
sary assistants,  and  all  other  help. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

83.  The   faculty   of  each   State   normal   school   shall   consist 
of  a  principal  and  as  many  teachers  as  shall  be  determined  by 
the  State  board  of  education,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  said 
board,  and  have  such  salaries  and  perform  such  duties  as  said 
board  shall  direct. 

1872.  ch.  377. 

84.  The   sessions  of  the   State   normal   schools   shall   be  de- 
termined by  the  State  board  of  education;  provided,  that  the 
school  shall  be  open  for  not  less  than  nine  months  in  each  year. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

85.  There  shall  be  maintained  in  each  State  normal  school 
and  normal  department  receiving  State  aid  a  two  years'  normal 
or  professional  course,  in  which  common  school  branches  may 
be  studied  and  reviewed  and  in  which  special  emphasis  is  given 
to  professional  subjects,  including  history  of  education,  school 
organization,  methods  of  teaching  and  such  other  pedagogical 
subjects  as  the  State  board  of  education  may  prescribe.  Students 
of  both  sexes  shall  be  admitted  to  the  normal  course — females 


36  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  and  males  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years ;  provided,  such  applicants  satisfy  the  requirements  of 
admission  and  hold  scholarships  from  a  board  of  city  or  county 
school  commissioners,  or  receive  appointment  from  the  State 
board  of  education,  as  hereinafter  provided ;  the  State  board  of 
education  is  authorized  and  empowered  to  arrange  and  prescribe 
for  each  State  normal  school  or  normal  department  receiving 
State  aid,  an  academic  or  preparatory  course,  and  shall  pre- 
scribe such  qualifications  of  age  and  scholastic  attainments  as 
it  may  deem  proper.  The  students  of  the  State  normal  schools 
and  normal  departments  receiving  State  aid  shall  be  appor- 
tioned by  the  State  board  of  education,  among  the  several 
counties  and  the  city  of  Baltimore,  in  proportion  to  their  re- 
spective representation  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State; 
the  students  shall  be  selected  by  the  several  boards  of  county 
school  commissioners  and  the  board  of  commissioners  of  the 
public  schools  of  Baltimore  city  from  among  worthy  persons 
who  desire  to  make  teaching  their  profession,  and  who  may 
.possess  the  necessary  scholastic  qualifications,  namely  scholar- 
ship equal  to  graduation  from  approved  high  schools  for  the 
normal  course,  and  scholarship  equal  to  completion  satisfactorily 
of  the  seventh  year  grade  of  our  public  school  curriculum  for 
the  academic  course;  applicants  for  scholarships  must  file  their 
application  for  scholarship,  and  also  with  the  State  board  of  edu- 
cation, a  written  declaration  that  their  object  in  obtaining  ad- 
mission is  to  qualify  themselves  as  public  school  teachers,  and 
that  it  is  their  intention  to  engage  in  the  profession  in  this 
State;  whenever  it  is  possible  to  do  so,  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners  and  the  board  of  school  commissioners  of 
Baltimore  city  shall  appoint  an  alternate  for  each  person  who 
may  receive  a  scholarship,  and  if  for  any  reason  such  person 
who  was  awarded  the  scholarship  does  not  use  or  accept  the 
same,  or  for  any  reason  fails  to  become  a  student  of  the  normal 
school  or  normal  department,  then  the  person  appointed  as 
alternate  shall  be  entitled  to  the  privileges  of  such  scholarship. 
If  there  be  not  applicants  sufficient  from  any  county  or  the  city 
of  Baltimore,  then  the  State  board  of  education  may  fill  all 
vacancies  by  selecting  applicants  possessing  the  requisite  quali- 
fications from  any  portion  of  the  State,  in  the  proportion  afore- 
said. 


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1904,  ch.  584. 

86.  In  addition  to  the  students  admitted  from  the  counties 
and  the  city  of  Baltimore,  who  shall  enjoy  the  privileges  of  the 
school  and  be  furnished  with  the  use  of  the  text-books  free  of 
charge,  there  may  be  admitted,  in  the  discretion  of  the  State 
board  of  education,  to  the   full   capacity  of  the   State  normal 
schools  or  normal  departments,  such  other  persons  as  may  pos- 
sess the  requisite  qualifications,  who  shall  pay  the  sum  of  twen- 
ty-five dollars  per  session  and  be  subject  to  the  same  rules  and 
regulations  as  the  other  students. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

87.  The  State  board  of  education  shall  prescribe  the  course 
of  study  for  the  State  normal  schools  and  normal  departments 
receiving  State  aid,  which  shall  be  uniform  as  far  as  is  prac- 
ticable,, and  supervise  such  schools  and  departments  in  every 
particular  not  provided  for  in  this  article;  they  shall  make  ar- 
rangements for  practice  teaching,  and  may  organize  and  main- 
tain model  and  experimental   schools  as  a  part  of  the  normal 
school  or  normal  department  when  deemed  best,  in  which  stu- 
dents of  the  normal  course  shall  have  opportunity  to  teach  and 
practice  the  modes  of  instruction  and  discipline  inculcated  in 
the  normal   school  or  normal   departments. 

1914,  ch.  849. 

88.  The   annual   sum   of   fifty   thousand   dollars    ($50,000)    is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  Maryland  State  Nor- 
mal School,  located  in  Baltimore  County;  the  annual  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  ($10,000)  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  Normal  School  No.  2,  located  at  Frostburg;  the  annual  sum  of 
seven  thousand  dollars   ($7,000)  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the 
support  of  State  Normal  School  No.  3,  located  near  Bowie  in 
Prince  George's  County — these  appropriations  to  be  paid  in  quar- 
terly installments  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Maryland  on 
the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  and  to  be  applied  by  said  Board  to  the  pay- 
ment of  teachers'  salaries,  clerical  assistance,  the  purchase  of  ap- 
paratus, text-books,  fuel,  light,  stationery,  and  for  other  neces- 
sary expenses   in  maintaining  said   Normal   Schools;   provided, 


38  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

however,  that  all  the  moneys  herein  appropriated  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  moneys  received  into  the  State  Treasury  out  of  the 
public  school  tax. 

SEC.  2.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Maryland, 
That  insofar  as  this  Act  applies  to  the  Maryland  State  Normal 
School  of  Baltimore,  it  shall  not  take  effect  until  August  1,  1915, 
said  date  being  the  beginning  of  the  scholastic  and  fiscal  year 
of  said  school. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

89.  All  donations  or  bequests  of  money  or  personal  property, 
and  all  grants  or  devises  of  lands  for  the  benefit  of  any  State 
normal  school  or  normal  department,  shall  be  held  in  trust  by 
the  State  board  of  education. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

90.  The  State  board  of  education  shall,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  January,  in  each  and  every  year,  make  a  report  to  the 
governor  of  the  condition  of  the  schools  of  the  State;  a  state- 
ment of  the  apportionment  of  money  to  the  counties  and  the 
city  of  Baltimore,  for  the  support  of  schools ;  an  abstract  of  the 
reports  received  from  the  board  of  county  school  commission- 
ers,  together   with   such   suggestions   for   the    improvement   of 
schools  and  the  advancement  of  public  education,  as  the  State 
board  of  education  shall  deem  expedient. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

91.  The  governor  shall  cause  three  thousand  copies  of  said 
report,  five  hundred  to  be  bound  in  cloth,  to  be  printed  and 
distributed  during  every  year. 

CHAPTER  13— Teachers'  Institutes. 

1914,  ch.  84. 

92.  A  teachers'  institute,  to  continue  not  less  than  five  days, 
shall  be  held  in  each  County  once  a  year,  and  in  the  absence  of 
the  State  Superintendent  the  County  Superintendent  shall  pre- 
side.    Two  or  more  Counties  may  combine  and  hold  a  joint  in- 
stitute.    The   Board   of   County    School   Commissioners   of   any 
County  may  in  lieu  of  holding  a  teachers'  institute  require  at  least 
one-fourth  of  the  number  of  the  teachers  of  that  County  to  attend 
a  summer  school,  which  has  been  approved  by  the  State  Super- 


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mtendent  of  Public  Education,  during  the  summer  preceding  the 
school  sessions  for  which  no  institute  is  held,  provided  the  said 
Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  reimburses  those  teach- 
ers who  attend  summer  school  for  their  expenses  to  the  extent 
of  at  least  twenty-five  dollars,  and  the  County  Superintendent 
shall  have  authority  to  designate  the  teachers  who  are  required 
to  attend  summer  school  under  the  provisions  of  this  Section. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

93.  The  State  superintendent  of  public  education  shall  fix  a 
time  of  the  meeting  of  the  institute,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
county  superintendent  to  notify  each  teacher  of  the  time  and 
place  of  meeting,  and  when  so  notified,  each  teacher  in  actual 
employment  is  required  to  attend ;  the  president  of  the  school 
board  shall  select  the  place  for  the  institute  to  meet. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

94.  These   institutes,   being   designed    as    temporary   normal 
schools,  shall  be  attended  by  the  State  superintendent,  when 
possible  to  do  so,  and  by  one  or  more  instructors  of  a  State 
normal  school  or  normal  department  faculty,  to  be  selected  by 
the  State  superintendent  and  the  principal  of  the  school,  and 
any  member  of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  who 
may   choose   to   attend. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

95.  The  members  of  the  State  board  of  education  and  the 
members  of  the  county  school  boards  shall  encourage  the  work 
of  the  Maryland  State  teachers'  reading  circle,  -which  was  or- 
ganized by  the  Maryland  State  teachers'  association,  and  which 
is  a  body  politic  and  with  power  to  organize,  manage  and  direct 
a   State  teachers'  reading  circle. 


CHAPTER  14— Teachers'  Associations. 

1890.  ch.  323. 

96.  District,  county  and  State  teachers'  associations  are  rec- 
ommended as  important  means  of  elevating  the  standard  of 
public  education  by  mutual  conference,  interchange  of  views 
and  suggestions  as  to  systems  of  teaching  and  discipline. 


40  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1872,  ch.  377. 

97.  It  shall  be  the  care  of  the  county  superintendent  to  aid 
in  the  organization  of  these  associations,  to  encourage  attend- 
ance, to  secure  competent  lecturers,  and  to  impart  such  infor- 
mation as  will  encourage  teachers  in  their  work  and  fit  them 
for  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

98.  These  associations  may  occupy  any  of  the  schoolhouses. 

CHAPTER  15— District  Libraries. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

99.  For    the    further    encouragement    of    education,    district 
libraries  ought  to  be  established  in  each  schoolhouse  district  un- 
der the  care  of  the  teacher,  as  librarian;  for  this  purpose  the 
sum  of  ten  dollars  per  annum  is  ordered  to  be  paid  by  the  board 
of  county  school  commissioners  out  of  the  State  school  fund,  to 
any  schoolhouse  district  as  library  money,  as  long  as  the  people 
of  the  district  raise  the  same  amount  annually ;  the  books  must 
be  selected  by  the  board  of  district  school  trustees  and  teachers 
from  a  list  to  be  furnished  by  the  State  board  of  education. 

1910,  ch.  505. 

100.  The  governor  shall  biennially  appoint  four  persons,  at 
least  two  of  whom  shall  be  women,  who,  with  the  State  librarian, 
the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  and  the  librarian  of  the 
Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library,  shall  constitute  the  Maryland  pub- 
lic  library   commission. 

101.  Said   commission  shall  annually   elect   from   their  own 
number  a  president  and  a  secretary,  who,  with  the  other  mem- 
bers of  the  commission,  shall  serve  without  pay,  but  the  neces- 
sary traveling  expenses  of  the  commissioners  in  attending  upon 
the  meetings  of  the  commission  or  its  business  away  from  their 
homes  may  be  paid  out  of  the  appropriation  for  the  commis- 
sion.    The  secretary  shall  also  act  as  treasurer  of  the  commis- 
sion and  shall  give  bond  with  approved  security  for  the  proper 
performance  of  his  duties. 

102.  Said  commission  shall  give  advice  and   counsel  to  all 
public  libraries  'and  public  school  libraries  in  the  State  and  to 
all  persons  proposing  to  establish  them,  as  to  the  best  means 


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of  their  establishment  and  maintenance,  the  selection  of  books, 
cataloguing  and  other  details  of  management.  Said  commis- 
sion shall  annually  report  to  the  governor  in  the  month  of  No- 
vember a  full  and  complete  account  of  its  doings  and  of  its  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures. 

103.  Said  commission  shall  organize  and  conduct  traveling 
libraries  throughout  the  State,  shall  formulate  such  reasonable 
regulations  for  the  use  and  care  of  the  books  of  such  traveling 
libraries  as  they  may  deem  proper;  and  shall  from  time  to  time 
send  out  and  distribute  such  books  throughout  the  State,  and 
at  suitable  intervals  change  such  distributions  so  as  to  secure 
the  greatest   advantage. 

104.  The  State  treasurer  shall  annually,  on  the  first  day  of 
October,  pay   to  the   treasurer  of  the  commission  the   sum   of 
$1,500  for  the  use  of  the  commission. 

105.  Said  commission,  upon  application  of  the  library  direc- 
tors of  a   county,   municipality  or   election   district   which   has 
complied  with  the  provisions  of  this  law  relative  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  such  library,  may  expend  not  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  books  to  be  selected  and  purchased  by  said  commis- 
sion and  delivered  to  said  directors  for  the  purpose  of  establish- 
ing a  free  public  library. 

106.  The  boards  of  county  commissioners  shall  have  power 
to   establish   and  maintain   central   free  public   libraries   at  the 
county  seats  of  their  respective  counties,  with  branches  in  such 
places  within  the  limits  of  said  counties  as  the  demand  of  the 
people  of  the  vicinity  may  justify,  so  as  to  give  them  convenient 
access  to   the   free  libraries  and  reading-rooms,  and  the  legis- 
lative   authority   of   any   incorporated   municipality    shall    have 
power    to    establish    public    libraries    in    like    manner   for    said 
municipality. 

107.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  any  county  in  the 
State,  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  said  free  public 
libraries  and   reading-rooms   in   their   respective   counties,   may 
levy  an  annual  tax  not  exceeding  five  cents  on  each  one  hundred 
dollars  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  taxable  property,  such  tax  to 
be  levied  and  collected  in  like  manner  as  other  general  taxes  of 
said   county,   and  when   collected   to   be   known   as   the   public 
library  fund. 


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108.  In  case  a  majority  of  the  voters  in  any  election  district 
shall  petition  the  board  of  county  commissioners  to  establish  a 
public  library  in  said  district,  the  said  board  shall  establish  and 
control  such  public  library  in  the  same  manner  as  the  legisla- 
tive  authority   of   an   incorporated   municipality   may    establish 
and  control  a  library  under  this  act,  and  said  board  of  county 
commissioners  may  levy  a  tax  on  the  election  district  for  the 
said  library  in  like  said  free  public  libraries  and  reading-rooms 
in  their  manner  as  is  done  for  the  library  of  an  incorporated 
municipality   and  to   the  same   amount,   and   said   election  dis- 
trict library  shall  be  managed  in  the  same  manner  as  the  library 
of  an  incorporated  municipality. 

109.  The  legislative  authority  of  any  municipality  may  levy  a 
tax  for  public  library  purposes  upon  the  assessed  valuation  of 
the   taxable   property  within   said   municipality,   not   exceeding 
seven  cents  on  each  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  collected  in  like 
manner  as  the  other  taxes  of  said  municipality.     The   money 
so  collected  by  the  governing  boards  of  the  incorporated  mu- 
nicipalities shall  be  paid  over  to  the  trustees  or  board  of  direc- 
tors, to  be  appointed  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  shall  be  ex- 
pended by  them  as  in  their  judgment  they  may  deem  best. 

110.  Whenever  any  board  of  county  commissioners  or  leg- 
islative authority  of  an  incorporated  municipality  shall  have  de- 
termined to  establish  and  maintain  public  libraries  and  reading- 
rooms  under  this  act,  such  board  of  county  commissioners  or 
legislative  authority  of  an  incorporated  municipality  shall  ap- 
point for  such  county,  election  district  or  incorporated  munici- 
pality, a  board  of  nine  directors,  who  shall  be  chosen  at  large 
with  reference  to  their  fitness  for  such  office ;  said  directors  shall 
hold   office,  one-third  for  two  years,   one-third  for  four  years, 
and  one-third  for  six  years,  from  the  first  of  January  following 
their  appointment  and  until   their   successors  are  chosen.     At 
their  first  regular  meeting  they  shall  cast  lots  for  their  respective 
terms,   and  biennially  thereafter  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners or  legislative  authority  of  the  municipality  shall  appoint, 
as  before,  three  directors  to  take  the  place  of  the  retiring  direc- 
tors, who  shall  hold  office  for  six  years  and  until  their  succes- 


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sors  are  appointed.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  or 
legislative  authority  of  the  municipality  may  remove  any  di- 
rector for  inefficiency,  misconduct  or  neglect  of  duty. 

111.  Vacancies  in  the  said  board  of  directors  occasioned  by 
removal,  resignation  or  otherwise,  shall  be  reported  to  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  or  legislative  authority  of  the  munici- 
pality, and  shall  be  filled  forthwith  by  them  for  the  unexpired 
portion  of  the  term. 

112.  Said   directors    shall,   immediately   after   their   appoint- 
ment, meet  at  the  call  of  the  county  commissioners  or  legislative 
authority  of  the  municipality,  and  organize  by  the  election  of  a 
president  and  vice-president  from  their  own  number,  and  a  per- 
son or  persons  to  act  as  secretary  and  treasurer.     The  treasurer 
so  elected  shall  give  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
trust  in  such  sum  as  said  library  board  shall  determine ;  the  said 
bond  to  be  approved  by  the  said  library  board  and  the  expense 
thereof  paid  out  of  the  library  fund.     Directors  shall  receive  no 
compensation.     They  shall  make  and  adopt  by-laws,  rules  and 
regulations  not  inconsistent  with  this  act,  for  their  own  guidance 
and   for   the   government   of   the   libraries    and   reading-rooms. 
They   shall   have    exclusive   control   of   the   expenditure   of   all 
moneys  collected  to  the  credit  of  the  library   fund  under  this 
act,  but  such  expenditures  and  all  contracts  made  by  them  shall 
not  exceed  the  appropriations  provided  and  made  under  Sections 
3  and  4  of  this  act.     They  shall  also  have  control  of  the  con- 
struction of  any  library  building,  and  of  the  supervision,  care 
and   custody   of  the  library  grounds,   rooms   or  buildings  con- 
structed or  set  apart  for  that  purpose ;  and  they  shall  have  power 
to  purchase  or  lease  grounds,  to  occupy,  lease  or  erect  an  appro- 
priate building  or  buildings  for  the  use  of  said  library,  to  ap- 
point a  suitable  librarian  and  assistants,  to  fix  the  compensa- 
tion of  such  appointees  and  to  remove  them  if  unsatisfactory, 
and  shall  in  general  carry  out  the  spirit  and  intent  of  this  act  in 
establishing  and  maintaining  public  libraries  and  reading-rooms. 

113.  All   moneys   collected   for   such    libraries   and   reading- 
rooms  by  the  county  commissioners  or  governing,  boards  of  in- 
corporated municipalities  as  hereinabove  provided,  shall  be  de- 
posited in  the  treasury  of  said  county  or  of  the  said  municipality 
respectively,  to  the  credit  of  the  library  fund,  and  shall  be  kept 


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separate  and  apart  from  other  moneys  of  such  county  or  mu- 
nicipality, and  paid  over  to  the  treasurer  of  the  library  board 
upon  the  demand  of  the  board. 

114.  Every  library  and  reading-room  established  under  this 
act  shall  be  forever  free  to  the  use  of)  the  inhabitants  of  the 
county,  election  district  or  municipality  where  it  is  located ;  sub- 
ject, however,  to  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as  the 
library   board   may   adopt,   and   said   board   may   exclude   from 
the  use  of  said  libraries  and  reading-rooms  any  and  all  persons 
who  shall  wilfully  violate  such  rules,  and  may  extend  the  privi- 
ledge  of  said  library  to  persons  living  outside  of  the  county  or 
municipality,   upon   such   terms   and   conditions   as   said   board 
may  from  time  to  time  by  its  regulations  prescribe. 

115.  Every  person  who  shall  steal  or  unlawfully  take  or  de- 
tain, or  who  shall  mutilate,  injure  or  disfigure  by  writing,  mark- 
ing, cutting,  tearing,  or  otherwise,  any  book,  map,  picture,  en- 
graving,  manuscript   or   other   property   of   any   public   library 
or  circulating  library,  or  library  belonging  to  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, or  to  any  municipality  or  public  body  or  incorporated  in- 
stitution, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  said 
fine  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  library,  or  be  imprisoned 
for  not  more  than  three  months,  or,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court, 
may  be  both  fined  and  imprisoned  as  aforesaid. 

116.  Each  library  board  established  under  this  act  shall  make 
an  annual  report  to  the  county  commissioners  or  legislative  au- 
thority of  the  municipality  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of 
January,  stating  the  condition  of  their  trust  on  the  first  day  of 
January  in  that  year,  the  various  sums  of  money  received  from 
the  library  fund  and  from  other  sources,  and  how  such  moneys 
have  been  expended  and  for  what  purpose,  the  number  of  books 
and  periodicals  on  hand,  the  number  added  by  purchase,  gift  or 
otherwise  during  the  year,  the  number  lost  or  missing,  the  num- 
ber of  books  loaned  out,  and  the  general  character  and  kind  of 
such  books,  with  such  other  statistics  and  information  and  sug- 
gestions as  they  may  deem  of  general  interest.    All  such  portion 
of  said  report  as  relates  to  the  receipt  and  expenditure  of  money 


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shall  (be  subject  to  the  audit  of  the  county  commissioners  or 
legislative  authority  of  the  municipality.  A  copy  of  said  report 
shall  be  sent  annually  to  the  Maryland  public  library  commis- 
sion. 

117.  The  said  library  board  may  receive,  hold  and  possess, 
or  sell  and  dispose  of  all  such  gifts,  donations,  devises,  bequests 
and  legacies  as  may  be  made  to  the  county  commissioners,  to  the 
municipality,  or  to  the  library  board  for  the  purpose  of  estab- 
lishing, increasing  or  improving  such  public  library.     In  such 
cases,  the  library  board  shall  act  as  trustees,  and  have  control 
of  such  gifts,  donations,  devises,  bequests  and  legacies,  and  may 
apply  the  proceeds,  interests,  rents  and  profits  accruing  there- 
from in  such  manner  as  will  best  promote  the  prosperity  and 
utility  of  such  library;  provided,  such  application  be  according 
to    the    terms    of   the    gifts,    donations,    devises,    bequests    and 
legacies. 

118.  Every  public   library   established  under   this   law  shall 
receive  from  the  State  a  copy  of  the  laws,  journals  and  all  other 
books  published  by  the  authority  of  the  State  except  the  Mary- 
land law  reports,  and  in  return  therefor  shall  transmit  a  copy  of 
its  annual  report  to  the  State  library. 

119.  All  real  estate  acquired  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  any 
library  and  reading-room,  established  as  aforesaid,  and  all  prop- 
erty that  shall  <be  a  part  of  any  such  library  and  reading-room, 
shall  be  exempt  from  all  State,  county  and  municipal  taxation. 

120.  The   provisions  of  sections   100-120  shall   not   apply  to 
Baltimore  county. 


CHAPTER  16— The  City  of  Baltimore. 

1884,  ch.  2. 

121.  The  mayor  and  city  council  of  Baltimore  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  establish  in  said  city  a  system  of 
free  public  schools,  which  shall  include  a  school  or  schools  for 
manual  or  industrial  training,  under  such  ordinances,  rules  and 
regulations  as  they  may  deem  fit  and  proper  to  enact  and  pre- 
scribe ;  they  may  delegate  supervisory  powers  and  control  to  a 


46  PUBUC    SCHOOIy    LAWS 

board  of  school  commissioners ;  may  prescribe  rules  for  building 
schoolhouses  and  locating,  establishing  and  closing  schools,  and 
may  in  general  do  every  act  that  may  be  necessary  or  proper  in 
the  premises. 

M.  and   C.   C.  of  Baltimore  vs.  Wetherby,  52  Md.,  442. 
Hooper  vs.   New,  85  Md.,  581. 


1872,  ch.  377. 

122.  The  board  of  commissioners  of  public  schools  of  Balti- 
more city,  or  by  whatever  name  the  body  may  be  known  that 
has  supervisory  powers  and  control  over  the  public  schools  of 
Baltimore  city,  shall  have  power  to  examine,  appoint  and  remove 
teachers,  prescribe  the  qualifications,  fix  the  salaries,  subject  to 
the   approval  of  the  mayor  and   city  council,   and  select   text- 
books for  schools  of  said  city ;  provided,  such  text-books  shall 
contain  nothing  of  a  sectarian  or  partisan  character.    The  board 
of  commissioners  of  public  schools  of  said  city  shall  annually 
make  a  report  to  the  State  board  of  education  of  the  condition 
of  the  schools  under  their  charge,  to  include  a  statement  of  ex- 
penditures, the  number  of  children  taught,  and  such  other  sta- 
tistical information  as  may  be  necessary  to  exhibit  the  operation 
of  the  schools. 

Hooper  vs.  New,  85  Md.,  581. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

123.  The   mayor  and   city   council   of   Baltimore   shall   have 
power  and  authority  to  make  all  ordinances  for  the  protection 
of  the  schoolhouse  and  property,  and  to  punish  any  person  who 
may  disturb  the  sessions  of  said  public  schools. 


1872,  ch.  377. 

124.  The  said  mayor  and  city  council  are  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  levy  and  collect  upon  the  assessable  property 
in  said  city,  as  other  taxes  are  levied  and  collected,  such  amount 
of  taxes  as  may  be  necessary  to  defray  all  the  expenses  incurred 
for  educational  purposes  by  said  mayor  and  city  council. 


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CHAPTER  17— High  Schools. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

125.  The  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  any  county 
shall  have  authority  to   establish   high  schools,  subject  to  the 
approval   of  the   State   board   of  education,  in   their  respective 
counties,  when,  in  their  judgment,  it  is  advisable  to  do  so.     All 
high  schools  so  established  and  those  now  in  operation  shall  be 
under  the  direct  control  of  the  several  boards  of  county  school 
commissioners,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  provided 
that  when  instruction  below  that  of  the  high  school  grades  is 
given  in  the  same  building,  or  on  the  same  premises,  such  grade 
work  may  also  be  under  the  direct  control  of  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners,  and  the  principal  of  the  high  school  shall 
also  be  principal  of  the  elementary  department. 

1914,  ch.  651. 

126.  For  the  encouragement  of  secondary  education  in  Mary- 
land, the  State  shall  extend  aid  to  such  groups  of  high  schools 
as  shall  be  herein  designated  and  described,  and  in  such  amounts 
and  in  such  manner  as  shall  hereinafter  be  set  forth.     All  high 
schools  of  the  Counties  of  the  State  of  Maryland  receiving  State 
aid  shall  be  arranged  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  into  two 
groups,  to  be  designated  first  group  and  second  group,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled,  teachers  employed,  and 
years  of  instruction  given.     High  schools  of  the  first  group  shall 
fulfill  the  following  minimum  requirements :  (a)  an  enrollment  of 
not  less  than  eighty  pupils ;  (b)  employ  not  less  than  four  teach- 
ers for  the  regular  high  school  work,  exclusive  of  instructors  of 
special  subjects  named  under  (e)  ;  (c)  four  years'  course  of  in- 
struction of  not  less  than  thirty-six  weeks  in  each  year,  same  to 
conform  to  the  standard  required  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion;  (d)  the  annual  salary  of  the  principal  to  be  not  less  than 
$1,200  for  a  person  of  less  than  three  years'  experience  as  princi- 
pal of  an  approved  high  school,  not  less  than  $1,300  for  a  person 
of  three  years'  experience  as  principal  of  an  approved  high  school, 
not  less  than  $1,400  for  a  person  of  five  years'   experience  as 
principal  of  an  approved  high  school,  and  not  less  than  $1,500 
for  a  person  of  eight  years'  experience  as  principal  of  an  approved 
high   school ;   and   the   annual   salary   of   each   assistant   teacher 


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regularly  employed  to  be  not  less  than  $500  for  a  person  of  less 
than  three  years'  experience  as  teacher  in  an  approved  high 
school,  not  less  than  $600  for  a  person  of  three  years'  experience 
as  teacher  in  an  approved  high  school,  not  less  than  $700  for  a 
person  of  five  years'  experience  as  a  teacher  in  an  approved  high 
school,  and  not  less  than  $800  for  a  person  of  eight  years'  ex- 
perience as  teacher  in  an  approved  high  school ;  experience  prior 
to  the  year  1910  not  to  be  considered  in  determining  salary  of 
principal  and  assistant  teachers;  (e)  provision  to  be  made  for 
manual  training  and  domestic  science  courses,  and  also  a  com- 
mercial or  an  agricultural  course,  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
Board  of  County  School  Commissioners;  (f)  no  person  to  be  em- 
ployed as  principal  or  assistant  teacher  whose  qualifications  have 
not  been  passed  upon  by  the  State  Board  of  Education.  High 
schools  of  the  second  group  shall  fulfill  the  following  minimum 
requirements;  (a)  an  enrollment  of  not  less  than  thirty-five 
pupils;  (b)  employ  not  less  than  two  teachers  for  the  regular 
high  school  work,  exclusive  of  instructors  of  special  subjects 
named  under  (e)  ;  (c)  a  three  years'  course  of  instruction  of  not 
less  than  thirty-six  weeks  in  each  year,  same  to  conform  to  the 
standard  required  by  the  State  Board  of  Education;  (d)  the  an- 
nual salary  of  the  principal  to  be  not  less  than  $1,000  for  a  person 
of  less  than  three  years'  experience  as  principal  of  an  approved 
high  school,  not  less  than  $1,100  for  a  person  of  three  years' 
experience  as  principal  of  an  approved  high  school,  not  less  than 
$1,200  for  a  person  of  five  years'  experience  as  principal  of  an 
approved  high  school,  and  not  less  than  $1,300  for  a  person  of 
eight  years'  experience  as  principal  of  an  approved  high  school; 
and  the  annual  salary  of  each  assistant  teacher  regularly  em- 
ployed to  be  not  less  than  $500  for  a  person  of  less  than  three 
years'  experience  as  teacher  in  an  approved  high  school,  not  less 
than  $600  for  a  person  of  three  years'  experience  as  teacher  in 
an  approved  high  school,  not  less  than  $700  for  a  person  of  five 
years'  experience  as  a  teacher  in  an  approved  high  school,  and 
not  less  than  $800  for  a  person  of  eight  years'  experience  as 
teacher  in  an  approved  high  school ;  experience  prior  to  the  year 
1910  not  to  be  considered  in  determining  salary  of  principal  and 
assistant  teachers ;  '(e)  provision  to  be  made  for  a  manual  train- 
ing or  an  agricultural  or  a  commercial  course,  as  may  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners;  (f)  no 


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person  to  be  employed  as  principal  or  assistant  teacher  whose 
qualifications  have  not  been  passed  upon  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education.  The  course  of  instruction  in  schools  of  the  second 
group  may  be  extended  to  four  years  by  the  Board  of  County 
School  Commissioners  by  the  employment  of  such  additional 
teacher  or  teachers  as  may  be  required  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education ;  provided,  that  the  salary  of  such  additional  teacher  or 
teachers  shall  be  paid  wholly  by  the  said  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners ;  and  in  the  schools  of  the  second  group,  where 
the  course  of  instruction  has  been  so  extended  to  a  four-year 
course,  the  graduates  shall  receive  the  same  recognition  as  gradu- 
ates of  schools  of  the  first  group.  No  promotions  of  high  school 
pupils  from  one  grade  to  another,  or  graduation,  shall  be  made 
without  the  approval  of  the  principal  and  the  County  Super- 
intendent. 

1914,  ch.  82. 

126-A.  To  encourage  the  idea  that  no  person  should  enter 
upon  the  duties  of  teaching  without  special  training  for  the  work, 
the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  of  any  County  may 
inaugurate  in  one  approved  high  school  of  the  first  group,  a  two 
years' teachers' training  course  for  students  having  completed  suc- 
cessfully the  tenth  year  grade,  and  who  wish  to  prepare  them- 
selves for  teaching.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  pre- 
scribe the  course  in  pedagogy  and  all  necessary  regulations  to 
make  the  work  of  the  course  effective,  and  have  such  diplomas 
accepted  as  certificates  to  teach  in  elementary  schools. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

127.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  superintendent  of  edu- 
cation, or  some  person  designated  by  him,  to  make  an  annual 
inspection  of  all  high  schools  receiving  State  aid,  and  also  such 
other  schools  as  make  application,  through  their  respective 
county  superintendents,  to  receive  said  State  aid.  He  shall,  on 
or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  August  of  each  year,  prepare  a 
list  of  high  schools,  designating  the  group  to  which  each  belongs, 
the  amount  of  said  State  aid  to  which  each  is  entitled,  and  to 
whom  same  should  be  paid.  The  preparation  of  said  list  shall 
be  based  on  information  obtained  through  the  annual  inspection, 


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written  reports  of  the  principal  or  county  superintendent,  or 
other  reliable  sources.  The  superintendent's  report  of  such 
schools  shall  be  submitted  to  the  State  board  of  education  for 
approval,  and  when  approved,  said  board  shall  certify  same  to 
the  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  on  or  before,  the  first  day  of 
October  of  each  year,  and  said  comptroller  of  the  treasury  shall 
issue  his  warrant  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  State  in  equal  quar- 
terly installments  in  each  and  every  year  at  the  time  when  the 
public  school  tax  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be,  distributed,  pay- 
able to  the  order  of  the  treasurers  of  the  respective  boards  of 
county  school  commissioners,  or  the  board  of  commissioners  of 
public  schools  of  Baltimore  city,  for  such  sum  or  sums  as  they 
are  entitled  to  receive  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and 
shown  by  the  certified  list  of  high  schools  as  aforesaid ;  same  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  levy  for  public  schools ;  provided,  however, 
that  the  apportionment  authorized  in  this  section  for  October  1, 
1910,  and  January  1,  1911,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  ordinary 
receipts  of  the  treasury;  and  provided  further,  that  any  high 
school  receiving  State  aid,  under  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
shall  forfeit  its  right  to  receive  State  aid  under  the  provision 
of  any  other  act  or  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  provided  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  con- 
strued to  repeal  any  appropriations  made  prior  to  the  year 
1872  and  chargeable  to  what  is  known  as  the  academic  fund; 
nor  shall  any  school  now  receiving  an  appropriation  from  the 
State  lose  same  until  such  time  as  it  should  receive  an  appro- 
priation under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

128.  Each  high  school  in  the  first  group  in  the  counties  of 
Maryland  shall  receive  State  aid  on  the  basis  of  the  cost  of 
instruction,  and  in  the  following  manner:  The  sum  of  six  hun- 
dred dollars  on  account  of  the  principal,  and  the  sum  of  $300 
on  account  of  each  of  the  first  three  assistants  employed  for 
regular  high  school  work ;  the  sum  of  $400  on  account  of  each 
of  two  special  teachers,  who  shall  spend  not  less  than  two-fifths 
of  their  time  in  the  school  receiving  said  amounts;  and  the  sum 
of  $100  on  account  of  each  additional  regular  grade  teacher, 
provided  the  total  amount  does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $2500. 
In  this  article  the  term  special  teacher  shall  be  construed  to 


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mean  a  teacher  of  commercial,  manual  training,  domestic  science 
or  agricultural  branches.  Each  high  school  in  the  counties  of 
Maryland  of  the  second  group  shall  receive  State  aid  on  the 
basis  of  the  cost  of  instruction,  and  in  the  following  manner: 
The  sum  of  $600  on  account  of  the  principal ;  the  sum  of  $400 
on  account  of  one  assistant  teacher  employed  for  regular  high 
school  work ;  and  the  sum  of  $400  on  account  of  the  instructor 
of  special  subjects  to  be  designated  by  the  county  school  board; 
provided  that  if  an  instructor  in  manual  training  or  agricul- 
tural work  be  required  to  divide  his  or  her  time  among  not 
more  than  four  schools  of  this  group,  $150  shall  be  allowed  on 
account  of  each  of  such  schools ;  provided  also  that  the  amount 
to  be  received  by  each  of  the  four  high  schools  of  Baltimore 
city  shall  be  equal  to  the  maximum  amount  received  on  account 
of  any  high  school  in  the  counties  of  the  State;  provided,  further, 
that  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  each  county 
shall  submit  annually  to  the  county  commissioners  of  -their  re- 
spective counties,  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  the  date  for 
making  the  usual  county  levy  for  school  purposes,  a  list  of  all 
high  schools  of  the  county,  including  those  not  entitled  to  State 
aid,  as  well  as  those  classified  in  this  article,  and  an  itemized 
statement  of  the  estimated  cost  of  maintaining  same,  and  the 
said  boards  of  county  commissioners  shall  make  a  separate  levy 
for  high  schools,  publishing  same  once  a  week  for  three  succes- 
sive weeks  prior  to  date  of  making  said  levy,  in  one  or  more 
county  papers. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

129.  All  certificates  or  diplomas   issued   to   students  having 
completed  a  course  of  study  in  a  high  school  of  the  counties  of 
Maryland  shall  show  the  group  to  which  said  high  school  be- 
longs, the  course  taken  by  the  student,  and  the  number  of  years 
of  instruction  given,  and  the  graduates  of  any  approved  high 
school  providing  a  four  years'  course  shall  be  admitted  without 
examination  to  the  freshman  class  of  any  college  of  Maryland 
receiving  financial  aid  from  the  State. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

130.  The  State  board  of  education  shall  prepare  the  course 
of  study  to  be  used  by  the  several  groups  of  high  schools  de- 


52  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

scribed  in  this  article,  and  have  authority  to  make  any  by-laws 
for  their  government  not  at  variance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  article. 


CHAPTER  18— Schools  for  Colored  Children. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

131.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners to  establish  one  or  more  public  schools  in  each  elec- 
tion district  for  all  colored  youths,  between  six  and  twenty 
years  of  age,  to  which  admission  shall  'be  free,  and  which  shall 
be  kept  open  as  long  as  the  board  of  county  school  commission- 
ers shall  determine;  provided,  the  colored  population  of  such 
district  shall  warrant  said  board  in  establishing  said  schools. 


1874,  ch.  463. 

132.  Each  colored  school  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  a 
special  board  of  school  trustees,  to  be  appointed  by  the  board  of 
county  school  commissioners,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same 
laws  for  its  government  and  furnish  instruction  in  the  same 
branches  as  the  schools  for  white  children. 


1904,  ch.  584. 

133.  The  comptroller  shall  not  apportion  any  separate  fund 
for  the  colored  schools ;  but  colored  schools  shall  be  supported 
and  maintained  from  the  general  school  fund,  the  apportionment 
of  which  shall  be  hereinafter  provided  for. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

134.  The  total  amount  of  taxes  paid  for  school  purposes  by 
the  colored  people  of  any  county,  or  in  the  city  of  Baltimore, 
together  with  any   donations   that  may  be  made   for  the  pur- 
pose, shall  also  be  devoted  to  the  maintenance  of  the  schools 
for  colored  children. 


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CHAPTER  19— Sources  of  Income. 

'NoTE. — The  acts  of  1914  make  the  following  provisions  for  the  support  of 
schools  for  the  years  of  1915  and  1916. 

135.  The  county  commissioners  of  the  several  counties  and 
the  mayor  and  city  council  of  Baltimore  are  directed  to  levy  a 
State  tax,  for  the  years  of  1915  and  1916,  of  seventeen 
cents  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  to  aid  in  the  support 
of  public  schools,  to  be  distributed  according  to  law  among  the 
several  counties  and  the  city  of  Baltimore.  The  following  sums 
of  money  are  hereby  appropriated  for  the  system  of  free  public 
schools  (white  and  colored)  in  the  several  counties  and  the  city 
of  Baltimore,  and  for  the  State  normal  schools,  the  State  board 
of  education,  superintendent  of  public  education,  assistant  super- 
intendent of  public  education,  clerk  to  the  State  board  of  educa- 
tion, the  Maryland  State  normal  school,  Baltimore ;  State  normal 
school  No.  2,  at  Frostburg;  State  normal  school  No.  3,  for  col- 
ored students ;  retired  teachers'  pensions  as  provided  by  chapter 
736  of  the  acts  of  1914,  for  the  purchase  of  free  text-books,  and 
for  the  aid  of  approved  high  schools,  the  sum  of  one  million 
four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  or  whatever  sum  may  be 
paid  into  the  treasury  on  account  of  the  tax  for  public  schools; 
provided,  however,  that  the  appropriations  for  all  of  the  afore- 
going purposes  mentioned  in  this  subtitle  "schools"  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  receipts  from  the  public  school  tax,  and  shall  be 
apportioned  by  the  comptroller  quarterly,  viz. :  On  the  first  day 
of  October,  the  first  day  of  January,  the  fifteenth  day  of  March 
and  the  fifteenth  day  of  June,  in  the  proportion  to  which  they 
are  respectively  entitled,  and  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer, 
upon  the  warrant  of  the  comptroller,  quarterly,  to  wit :  On  the 
tenth  day  of  October,  the  tenth  day  of  January,  the  twenty-fifth 
day  of  March  and  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  June ;  together  with  the 
further  sum  of  thirty-four  thousand  and  sixty-nine  dollars  and 
thirty-six  cents,  to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  free  school 
fund,  in  accordance  with  the  provision  of  the  act  of  the  Decem- 
ber session  of  1839,  chapter  33,  and  substituted  for  the  interest 
on  the  surplus  revenue  as  provided  in  said  act,  and  shall  be  ap- 
portioned and  paid  in  the  manner  now  provided  by  law;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  this  sum  shall  also  be  paid  out  of  the  re- 
ceipts from  the  public  school  tax ;  also,  such  sum  or  sums  as 


54  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

may  be  received  to  the  credit  of  the  free  school  fund  from  the 
interest  on  stocks  standing  to  the  credit  of  said  fund,  or  from 
other  sources ;  for  donations  to  colleges,  academies  and  schools, 
as  set  forth  in  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly 
heretofore  passed,  forty-four  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  or 
so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary ;  provided,  however,  that 
none  of  the  appropriations  to  colleges,  academies  and  schools 
shall  be  paid  to  any  of  said  institutions,  excepting  to  such  as 
shall  have  made  a  full  report  as  required  by  Section  17  of 
Article  77  of  the  code  of  public  general  laws ;  for  the  instruction 
of  the  indigent  blind  to  be  applied  under  the  direction  of  the 
governor,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  acts  of  1868, 
chapter  215,  as  amended  by  the  acts  of  1912,  chapter  200,  thirty- 
three  thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

136.  The  treasurer,  on  the  warrant  of  the  comptroller,  shall 
pay  to  each  of  the  counties  and  the  city  of  Baltimore  the  pro- 
portion of  the  free  school  fund  to  which  such  city  or  county  is 
entitled  under  the  apportionment  to  be  made  by  the  comptroller, 
as  hereinafter  provided;  and  he  shall  pay  the  same  to  the  treas- 
urer of  the  board  of  school   commissioners   of   Baltimore   city 
and  the  several  counties ;  and  the  several  colleges  and  academies 
shall    respectively    receive   the   donations   granted   to   them   by 
any  laws   or  resolutions  of  the   General   Assembly,   subject  to 
the  conditions   annexed   thereto. 

1902,  ch.  306. 

137.  As  soon  as  the  comptroller  shall  have  received  from  the 
city  of  Baltimore  and  the  several  counties  returns  to  the  amount 
of  the  State  school  tax  levied  in  each  county  and  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  he  shall  immediately  thereafter  apportion  the  amount 
of  the  whole  levy  to  the  several  counties  and  the  city  of  Balti- 
more, in  proportion  to  their  respective  population  between  the 
ages  of  five  and  twenty  years. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

138.  On  the  first  day  of  January,  the  fifteenth  day  of  March, 
the  fifteenth  day  of  June,  and  the  first  day  of  October,  in  each 
year,  the  comptroller  shall  apportion  the  amount  of  school  tax 


OF    MARYLAND  55 

received  by  the  treasurer  among  the  several  counties  and  the 
city  of  Baltimore,  in  proportion  to  the  whole  amount  appor- 
tioned to  each  by  the  comptroller;  and  he  shall  notify  the  State 
board  of  education  and  the  treasurer  of  the  several  boards  of 
county  school  commissioners  of  the  counties  and  the  city  of 
Baltimore  on  the  several  days  aforesaid ;  and  the  treasurer  shall 
pay  the  several  amounts  within  ten  days  after  said  notification, 
upon  the  draft  of  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  several 
boards  of  county  school  commissioners  aforesaid;  provided,  also, 
that  if  in  any  county  the  schools  shall  be  kept  open  less  than 
nine  months  of  the  year  ending  December  31,  or  any  white 
teacher  regularly  employed  receiving  an  annual  salary  of  less 
than  three  hundred  dollars,  as  hereinbefore  provided  for,  the 
comptroller  shall  withhold  from  the  said  county  the  March 
instalment  of  the  State  school  tax;  that  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  apply  to  Garrett  county  only  in  so  far  as  to  oblige 
that  county  to  keep  its  schools  open  seven  and  one-half  months, 
and  pay  its  teachers  a  minimum  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars 
per  year. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

139.  In  making  the  apportionments  required  by  the  preceding 
section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller  to  equalize  as  far 
as  may  be  possible  the  sums  to  be  apportioned,  so  as  to  appor- 
tion and  distribute  the  same  amount,  as  far  as  may  be  practica- 
ble, on  each  of  said  days ;  and  until  otherwise  expressly  directed 
by  law,  the  comptroller  shall  charge  to  said  fund  and  pay  there- 
from the  annual  appropriations  that  have  been  or  may  hereafter 
continue  to  be  made  for  said   State  normal  school? ;  and  also 
the  appropriation  for  the  colored  normal  school;  the  salary  of 
the  State  superintendent  of  public  education;  the  salary  of  the 
clerk  of  the  State  superintendent  of  public  education,  and  the 
expenses  of  the  State  board  of  education. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

140.  When  the  levy  of  any  year  shall  have  been  collected 
the  comptroller  shall  apportion  among  the  several  counties  and 
the  city  of  Baltimore  the  amount  allowed  on  the  levy  for  insol- 
vencies and  abatements,  and  shall  transmit  a  statement  of  the 
same  to  the  State  board  of  education. 


56  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1882,  ch.  429. 

141.  The   treasurer,    upon   the   warrant   of   the   comptroller, 
shall  annually  pay,  on  the  first  day  of  April,  to  the  school  com- 
missioners of  Anne  Arundel  county,  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
dollars  as  an  academy  fund,  in  addition  to  the  apportionment 
now  received  by  them  for  such  purpose ;  the  said  sum,  when 
received  by  said  commissioners,  to  be  paid  to  the  trustees  of 
"Anne  Arundel  county  academy." 

CHAPTER  20— Colored  Industrial  Schools. 

1910,  ch.  210. 

142.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners of  each   county  in   this   State,   whenever  a  suitable 
building  or  room,  or  rooms,  connected  with  one  of  the  colored 
schools  of  said  county  shall  be  provided  by  the  county,  to  accept 
the  same,  if,  in  the  judgment  of   the  board  of  county   school 
commissioners,  there  is  any  necessity  therefor,  and  thereafter 
to  provide  for  the  maintenance  of  such  colored  industrial  school 
or  schools  where  instruction  shall  be  given  daily  in  domestic 
science   and   such   industrial    arts    as   may   be  outlined   by   the 
county  school  board,  and   a   part  of   the   appropriation — about 
one-half — to  be  hereinafter  provided   shall   be  used   for  main- 
taining such  a  department  or  school. 

1910,  ch.  210. 

143.  Whenever  any  such  colored  industrial  school  is  opened 
in  any  county  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners   of   said  county   shall  report  the  fact  to 
the  secretary   of  the   State  board  of  education,  and  the   State 
board  of  education  shall,  without  delay,  proceed  to  appoint  a 
proper  person,  well  qualified  for  such  inspection,  to  visit  the 
said  school  and  give  a  certificate  of  approval  of  its  condition 
and  the  plan  upon  which  it  is  conducted  to  the  said  State  board 
of  education  on  or  before  the  tenth  of  September  following  the 
inspection ;  and  said  colored  industrial  school  shall  be  inspected 
annually  thereafter  by  the  State  superintendent  of  public  edu- 
cation, or  by  some  person  to  be  designated  by  him,  and  the 
result  of  such  inspection  shall  be  submitted  to  the  State  board 


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of  education  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  of  each  year. 
The  State  board  of  education  shall  submit  annually  to  the 
comptroller  of  the  State  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of 
September  a  list  of  such  schools  entitled  to  receive  the  special 
appropriation  for  industrial  education. 

1910,  ch.  210. 

144.  The  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  upon  receiving  the  cer- 
tificate of  approval  from  the  State  board  of  education,  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  issue  his  warrant  upon  the  treasurer 
of  the  State  for  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  payable  to 
the  order  of  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  county  school  commis- 
sioners having  inaugurated  such  a  colored  industrial  school  and 
same  approved  by  the   State  board  of   education,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  on  the 
first  day  of  October  of  each  year ;  one  part  of  said'  appropriation 
— about  one-half — to  be  used  for  the  support  of  one  colored  in- 
dustrial school  in  the  county,  and  the  other  part — about  one- 
half — shall  be  used  by  the  board  of  school  commissioners  of  the 
county  where  said  colored  industrial  school  is  located,  for  the 
employment   of   a   capable   and   trained    supervisor   of   colored 
schools,  who  shall  be  required  to  visit,  under  the  direction  of  the 
county  superintendent,  all  the  colored  schools  of  the  county  as 
often  as  said  county  superintendent  may  direct,  and  cause  in- 
struction of  an  industrial  character  to  be  made  a  daily  part  of 
the  work  of  every  colored  school.     The  management  and  con- 
trol of  such  an  industrial  school  and  the  employment  of  a  super- 
visor shall  be  in  the  hands  of  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners of  the  county  where  such  school  is  located. 

1910,  ch.  210. 

145.  No  appropriation  for  the  full  amount  of  fifteen  hundred 
dollars,  hereby  authorized  for  the  support  of  one  central  colored 
industrial  school  and  for  the  employment  of  a  colored  school 
supervisor  in  such  county  where  the  colored  industrial  school 
may  be  located,  shall  be  paid  as  authorized  after  the  first  annual 
appropriation,  unless  said  colored  industrial  school  shall  have 
had  for  the  preceding  year  an  average  attendance  of  thirty  pupils 
and  as  many  as  ten  colored  schools  in  the  county  where  such 
industrial  school  is  located.     If  in  any  county  where  there  are 


58  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

less  than  ten  colored  schools,  a  colored  industrial  school  shall 
be  established,  the  State  board  of  education,  in  its  discretion, 
may  recommend  the  payment  of  a  part  of  said  appropriation, 
not  to  exceed  one-half  the  amount,  or  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars ;  and  when  such  recommendation  is  made  to  the  comp- 
troller, he  is  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  his  warrant  upon 
the  treasurer  for  said  amount,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  one- 
half  of  the  whole  appropriation. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

146.  The  superintendent  of  public  education  shall   supervise 
and  inspect  the  work  of  industrial  and  agricultural  training  done 
in  the  several  counties  of  the  State  under  the  provisions  of  this 
article;   collect  all   necessary   statistics  pertaining  thereto,   and 
annually,  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  August  of  each  year, 
certify  to  the.  comptroller  the  names  of  such  counties  as  shall 
have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  this  article  relating  to  such 
training ;  and  upon  the  receipt  of  said  certificate  from  the  super- 
intendent of  public  education,  but  not  otherwise,  the  comptroller 
shall  draw  his  warrant  upon  the  treasurer,  payable  to  the  order 
of  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of 
the  county  so  certified  as  entitled  to  receive  the  same,  for  the  full 
amount  of  money  so  certified  to  be  due  to  such  county  under 
the  provisions  of  this  article;  and  the  superintendent  of  public 
education  shall,  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  August  of  each 
year,  submit  to  the  State  board  of  education  a  full  report  of  all 
matters,   pertaining   to   industrial   and    agricultural   training   in 
such  counties,  and  attach  thereto  a  copy  of  the  certificate  filed 
by  him  with  the  comptroller. 

1910,  ch.  386. 

147.  The  several  boards  of  county  school  commissioners  are 
hereby  authorized  to  make  manual  training,  domestic   science 
and  agriculture  a  part  of  the  course  of  instruction  in  any  of  the 
schools  of  their  respective  counties  that  they,  in  their  judgment, 
may  think  advisable,  provided  that  said  instruction  shall  conform 
to  the  course  prescribed  by  the  State  board  of  education. 

NOTE. — Chapter  386,  section  2,  1910,  provides  that  nothing  in  this 
chapter  shall  be  construed  to  repeal  the  annual  appropriation  of  $1,500 
for  the  maintenance  of  manual  training  in  Charles  county,  payable  to 
the  trustees  of  the  McDonough  Institute. 


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Farmers'  Institutes. 

1896,  ch.  102. 

148.  A  department  of  "farmers'  institutes"  shall  be  established 
for  the  State  of  Maryland ;  the  purpose  of  these  institutes  shall 
be  to  bring  before  the  farmers  of  the  State  such  information  as 
will  effectually  remedy  many  of  the  existing  evils  now  prevalent 
in  every  department  of  agriculture  as  now  pursued  in  Maryland ; 
and  at  said  institutes  men  competent  to  instruct  shall  be  present, 
and  such  topics  shall  be  discussed  as  pertain  to  the  principal 
agricultural  interests  of  the  several  sections. 

1896,  ch.  102. 

149.  One   such   institute  shall   be   held  in   each  year  in  each 
county  of  the  State,  and  an  additional  one  in  each  county,  if 
deemed  necessary  and  desirable. 

1896,  ch.  102. 

150.  Said  institutes  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  a  director, 
to  be  appointed  by  the  trustees  of  the  Maryland  agricultural 
college,  who  shall  be  a  person  well  versed  in  the  profession  of 
agriculture,   and  of  practical   experience,   whose  title   shall   be 
"director  of  farmers'  institutes,"  whose  salary  shall  be  fixed  by 
said  board  of  trustees  and  paid  out  of  the  appropriation  herein- 
after provided,  and  whose  duties  shall  be  defined  by  said  board ; 
the  said  institutes  shall  be  a  department  of  said  college  similar 
to  the  experiment  station ;  all  expenses  of  said  institutes  shall 
be  paid  out  of  said  appropriation ;  and  said  board  of  trustees  is 
invested  with  all  powers  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  pro- 
visions of  this  subtitle,  but  no  expenses  shall  be  incurred  beyond 
the  amount  appropriated. 

1904,  ch.  557. 

151.  The  sum  of  six  thousand  dollars  per  annum  is  hereby 
appropriated  for  the  formation  and  support  of  farmers'  institutes 
in  this  State;  and  the  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
his  warrant  annually  upon  the  treasurer  for  the  said  sum  of 
money  out  of  any  fund  not  otherwise  appropriated ;  the  said  sum 
shall  be  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Maryland  agricultural  college 
on  or  after  the  first  of  October  of  each  fiscal  year,  and  the  first 
yearly  payment  shall  be  made  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  Sep- 
tember 30,  1904. 


60  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

1896,  ch.  102. 

152.  Accurate  accounts  of  the  expenditures  of  the  money  re- 
ceived under  this  subtitle  shall  be  kept  by  the  registrar  of  the 
Maryland  agricultural  college  separate  from  the  general  college 
accounts;  and  an  itemized  and  detailed  report  of  such  expendi- 
tures shall  be  made  annually  and  published  in  such  manner  as 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Maryland  agricultural  college  shall 
direct. 

School  Attendance. 

153.  Every     child     residing     in     Baltimore    city,     between 
eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age,  shall  attend  some  day  school 
regularly,  as  defined  in  Section  131  of  this  subtitle,  during  the 
entire  period  of  each  year  the  public  day  schools  in  said  city  in 
which  said  child  resides  are  in  session,  unless  it  can  be  shown 
that  the  child  is  elsewhere  receiving  regularly  thorough  instruc- 
tions during  said  period  in  the  studies  usually  taught  in   the 
said  public  schools  to  children  of  the  same  age ;  provided,  that 
the  superintendent  or  principal  of  any  school  or  person  or  per- 
sons duly  authorized  by  said  superintendent  or  principal  may 
excuse  cases  of  necessary  absence  among  its   enrolled   pupils; 
and  provided  further,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  a  child  whose  mental  or  physical  condition  is  such 
as  to  render  its  instruction  as  above  described  inexpedient  or 
impracticable.     Every  person  having  under  his  control  a  child 
between  eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age  shall  cause  such  child 
to  attend  school  or  receive  instructions  as  required  by  this  sec- 
tion.    Children  over  fourteen  years  of  age  and  under  the  age 
of  sixteen   years,   and  every   person   having  under  his   control 
such  a  child,  shall  be  subject  to  the  requirements  of  this  section, 
unless   such   children   are   regularly   and  lawfully   employed   to 
labor  at  home  or  elsewhere. 

154.  Any  person  who  has  a  child  under  his  control  and  who 
fails   to   comply   with   any  of  the  provisions   of   the   preceding 
section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  fined 
not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

155.  Any   person   who   induces   or   attempts   to   induce   any 
child  to  absent  himself  unlawfully  from  school,  or  employs  or 


OF    MARYLAND  61 

harbors  while  school  is  in  session  any  child  absent  unlawfully 
from  school,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be 
fined  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

156.  The  board  of  school  commissioners  of  Baltimore  city 
shall  appoint  and  may  remove  at  pleasure  one  "chief  attendance 
officer,   male  or  female,"   and   in  addition   such   number  of  at- 
tendance officers,  male  or  female,  not  exceeding  eighteen,  as  it 
may  deem  proper;  their  compensation  shall  be  fixed  and  paid 
by  the  mayor  and  city  council  of  Baltimore.    The  board  of  school 
commissioners  of  the   several   counties   may   appoint   and   may 
remove  at  pleasure   for  their  respective  counties  or  any  part 
thereof  such  number  of  attendance  officers,  male  or  female,  as 
they  may  deem  necessary  or  desirable,  or  fix  their  compensation 
from  the  general  school  fund  of  the  respective  counties. 

157.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  attendance  officer,  and  said 
officer  shall  have  full  power  within  the  city  or  county  for  which 
he  or  she  may  be  appointed,  to  arrest  without  warrant  any  child 
between  eight  and  sixteen  years  of  age  found  away  from  his 
home  and  who  is  a  truant  from  school,  or  who  fails  to  attend 
school,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  subtitle.     The 
said   officer   shall   forthwith   deliver   a   child   so   arrested   either 
to  the  custody  of  a  person  in  parental  relation  to  the  child  or  to 
the  teacher  from  whose  school  such  a  child  is  then  a  truant ;  but 
if  a  child  be  a  habitual  or  incorrigible  truant,  said  officer  shall 
bring  him   before  the  magistrate  for  juvenile  causes,  or,   in   a 
county   where   such   court   does   not   exist,   before   a   justice   of 
the  peace  having  jurisdiction,  who  may  commit  him  to  a  paren- 
tal school,  as  provided  for  in  the  next  section,  or  to  some  other 
suitable  institution  for  children  located  in  the  State  of  Mary- 
land,  where   no   persons   convicted   of   any   crime  or   any  offense 
other  than  truancy  shall  or  may  be  confined ;  provided,  however, 
that  such  court  or  justice  may  in  its  or  his  discretion  parole  such 
child  instead  of  committing  him  as  aforesaid.     The  attendance 
officer   shall   promptly   report   every   such   arrest  to   the   school 
commissioners  of  the  said  city  or  county  respectively  or  to  such 
person  or  persons  as  they  may  direct. 

158.  The  mayor  and  city  council  of  Baltimore  and  the  several 
boards  of  school  commissioners  for  the  counties  may  establish 


62  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

schools  to  be  known  as  parental  schools  for  children  between 
eight  and  sixteen  years  of  age  who  are  habitual  truants  from 
school  or  from  instruction ;  the  mayor  and  city  council  of  Balti- 
more may  in  its  discretion  establish  such  school  or  schools 
either  in  Baltimore  city  or  in  one  or  more  counties  of  the  State. 
Two  or  more  boards  of  school  commissioners  of  adjoining  coun- 
ties may  in  their  discretion  jointly  establish  a  parental  school 
or  schools  for  the  joint  use  of  the  said  counties,  and  said  school 
or  schools  may  be  established  in  any  one  of  the  said  counties 
so  jointly  acting.  The  mayor  and  city  council  of  Baltimore 
and  the  several  boards  of  school  commissioners  for  the  counties 
may  also  provide  for  the  confinement,  maintenance  and  instruc- 
tion of  such  habitually  truant  children  in  the  schools  respectively 
established  by  them  as  aforesaid,  for  such  period  and  under  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  they  may  have  respectively  prescribed. 
The  magistrate  for  juvenile  causes  or  justice  of  the  peace  having 
jurisdiction  may  commit  such  habitually  truant  children  to  any 
of  the  parental  schools  for  the  city  or  cpunty  in  which  such 
children  may  reside,  but  no  person  convicted  of  any  crime  or  of 
any  such  offense  other  than  truancy  shall  be  committed  to  any 
such  schools. 

159.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  commissioners  of  Bal- 
timore city,  at  the  same  time  that  the  census  of  legal  voters  in 
said  city  is  taken  under  their  direction,  as  provided  by  Section  18 
of  Article  33  of  the  code  of  public  general  laws,  also  to  cause 
to  be  made  by  the  members  of  the  force  under  their  control 
annually  a  separate  record  of  the  full  name,  age,  color  and  sex 
of  every  child  between  six  and  sixteen  years  of  age  in  each  pre- 
cinct of  the  said  city  and  the  place  where,  and  the  year  and  month 
when,  such  children  last  attended  school,  together  with  the  name 
and  address  of  the  parents,  guardians  or  persons  in  parental  rela- 
tion and  of  employers  of  such  children,  which  record  shall  be 
furnished  by  said  police  commissioners  to  the  board  of  school 
commissioners  of  Baltimore  city.  Whosoever  has  under  his  con- 
trol a  child  between  said  ages  and  withholds  information  in  his 
possession  from  any  officer  demanding  it  relating  to  the  items 
aforesaid,  or  makes  any  false  statement  in  regard  to  the  same, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  fined  not  more 
than  twenty  dollars. 


OF    MARYLAND  63 

160.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  principal  or  head  teacher  oi 
every  public  or  private  school  in  this  State  to  report  immediately 
to  the  school  commissioners  of  the  county  where  such  school 
is  located,  or  of  Baltimore  city,  if  located  therein,  or  to  an  at- 
tendance officer  or  other  official  designated  by  such  commission- 
ers, the  names  of  all  children  enrolled  in  his  or  her  school  who 
have  been  absent  or  irregular  in  attendance  three  days,  or  their 
equivalent,  without  lawful  excuse,  within  a  period  of  eight  con- 
secutive weeks. 

161.  Attendance  officers  may  visit  all  establishments  where 
minors   are  employed   in  their  several   cities  and  counties  and 
ascertain   whether   any   minors   are   employed   therein   contrary 
to   law.     Attendance  officers   may   require   that  the   certificates 
provided  for  in  Article  100  of  the  code  of  public  general  laws  of 
Maryland  relating  to  minors  employed  in  such  establishments 
shall  be  produced  for  inspection. 

161A.  Any  person  violating  any  provisions  of  this  subtitle 
where  no  special  provision  as  to  the  penalty  for  such  violation 
is  made  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  fined 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

162.  Every  child  residing  in  any  county  in  this  State  between 
eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age  shall  attend  some  day  school 
regularly,  as  defined  in  Section  131  of  this  subtitle,  during  such 
consecutive   period   of   each   year,   "in   no   case   less   than   four 
months,"  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  school  commis- 
sioners of  the  county  in  which  the  said  child  may  reside,  unless 
it  can  be  shown  that  such  a  child  is  elsewhere  receiving  regularly 
thorough  instruction  during  said  period  in  the  studies  usually 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county  to  children  of  the 
same  age ;  provided,  that  the  superintendent  or  principal  of  any 
school  or  person  or  persons  duly  authorized  by  such  superin- 
tendent  or   principal    may    excuse   cases    of   necessary   absence 
among  its  enrolled  pupils ;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  children  whose  mental 
or  physical  condition  is  such  as  to  render  instruction  above  de- 
scribed inexpedient  or  impracticable.   Every  person  having  under 
his   control   a   child   between   eight  and   fourteen  years   of   age 
shall  cause  such  child  to  attend  school  or  receive  instructions  as 


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required  by  this  section.  Children  over  fourteen  years  of  age 
and  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  and  every  person  having 
under  his  control  such  a  child  shall  be  subject  to  the  require- 
ments of  this  section,  unless  such  children  are  regularly  and  law- 
fully employed  to  labor  at  home  or  elsewhere;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  Baltimore  city;  pro- 
vided, further,  that  this  section  shall  apply  only  in  those  coun- 
ties where  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  shall  ap- 
prove the  same  and  appoint  an  attendance  officer  or  attendance 
officers  for  its  enforcement  as  provided  in  this  act. 

163.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  all  offenses  committed 
against  and  all  prosecutions  begun  under  the  provisions  of 
chapter  269  of  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  1902  prior  to  August 
1,  1912,  may  and  shall  be  prosecuted  and  punished  under  the 
provisions  of  said  chapter  269  of  the  Acts  of  1902.  Nothing  in 
this  act  shall  be  taken  to  apply  to  Howard,  Kent,  Anne  Arundel, 
Worcester,  St.  Mary's  and  Somerset  counties,  but  the  existing 
laws  which  this  law  undertakes  to  repeal  and  re-enact  shall  re- 
main in  force  so  far  as  they  now  apply  to  the  said  Howard, 
Kent,  Anne  Arundel,  Worcester,  St.  Mary's  and  Somerset  coun- 
ties. 

1906,  ch.  236. 

168.  Every  deaf  or  blind  child  between  six  and  sixteen  years 
of  age  shall  attend  some  school  for  the  deaf  or  blind  for  eight 
months,  or  during  the  scholastic  year,  unless  it  can  be  shown 
that  the  child  is  elsewhere  receiving  regularly  thorough  instruc- 
tion during  the  said  period,  in  studies  usually  taught  in  the  said 
public  schools  to  children  of  the  same  age;  provided,  that  the 
superintendent  or  principal  of  any  school  for  the  deaf  or  blind, 
or  person  or  persons  duly  authorized  by  such  superintendent  or 
principal,  may  excuse  cases  of  necessary  absence  among  its 
enrolled  pupils ;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  child  whose  physical  condition  is 
such  as  to  render  its  instruction,  as  above  described,  inexpedient 
or  impracticable.  Every  person  having  under  his  or  her  con- 
trol a  child  between  six  and  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  cause 
such  child  to  attend  school  or  receive  instruction  as  required  by 
this  section. 


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1906,  ch.  236. 

169.  Provided,  that  where  the  parent,  guardian  or  any  other 
person  having  control  of  a  deaf  or  blind  child  is  not  financially 
able  to  pay  for  the  transportation  of  the  child  to  and  from  such 
school,  the  same  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  State  appropriation  for 
the  school  which  the  child  attends ;  provided,  that  three  reputable 
male  citizens  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  residents  of  the 
school  district  in  which  the  said  child  resides,  shall  certify  under 
oath  that  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief  the  parent, 
guardian,  or  other  person  having  control  of  such  child  is  not 
financially  able  to  pay  the  expense  of  the  child  to  and  from 
school. 

1906,  ch.  236. 

170.  Any  person  who  has  such  a  child  under  his  or  her  con- 
trol, and  who  fails  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  be 
fined  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1906,  ch.  236. 

171.  Any  person  who  induces  or  attempts  to  induce  any  deaf 
or   blind   child    to   absent   himself   or   herself   unlawfully    from 
school,   or   employs   or   harbors   any   such   child   absent  unlaw- 
fully   from    school,    while    said   school    is    in    session,    shall   be 
deemed   guilty   of  a   misdemeanor,   and   shall,   upon   conviction 
thereof  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  be  fined  a  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding  fifty    dollars    for   each   offense. 

1906,  ch.  236. 

172.  The  principal  teacher  of  every  public  school  in  the  coun- 
ties and  the  truant  officers  of  the  city  of  Baltimore  shall,  within 
thirty  days  from  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  succeeding 
the    passage    of    this    subtitle,    furnish    the    board    of    county 
school  commissioners,  or  the  board  of  education  of  Baltimore 
city,  as  the  case  may  be,  with  the  names  of  all  children  who 
are  deaf,  blind  or  feeble-minded,  between  the  ages  of  six  and 
sixteen  years,  inclusive,  living  within  the  boundaries  of  his  or 
her  school  district  who  do  not  attend  school.     And  the  board 


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of  county  school  commissioners,  or  board  of  education  of  Bal- 
timore city,  shall  certify  forthwith  the  names  of  all  such  deaf, 
blind  or  feeble-minded  children  to  the  respective  principal  of 
the  State  schools  for  such  children. 


Miscellaneous. 

1904,  ch.  584. 

173.  Wherever  the  word  "examiner"  occurs  in  this  article  it 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  "county  superintendent" ;  and  wher- 
ever the  words  "assistant  examiner"  occur  they  shall  be  con- 
strued to  mean  "assistant  county  superintendent." 

1872,  ch.  377. 

174.  Schools  on  or  near  the  dividing  line  of  two  counties  shall 
be  free  to  the  children  of  each  county ;  and  the  board  of  county 
school  commissioners  of  the  respective  counties  shall  have  power 
to  provide  jointly  for  the  maintenance  of  said  schools. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

175.  Real  and  personal  estate  granted,  conveyed,  devised  or 
bequeathed  for  the  use  of  any  particular  county  or  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  held  in  trust  by  the  board  of  county  school  com- 
missioners for  the  benefit  of  such  county  or  school  district,  and 
such  grants  and  bequests  shall  be  exempt  from  all   State  and 
county  taxes. 

1872,  ch.  377. 

176.  Moneys  invested  in  trust  for  the   benefit  of  the  public 
schools  of  any  county  or  city  shall  be  exempt  from  State,  county 
or  local  tax. 


Maryland  Agricultural  College. 

1904,  ch.  537. 

177.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  Maryland  agricultural  col- 
lege shall  be  constituted  as  follows:  There  shall  be  eighteen 
trustees,  five  of  whom  shall  be  elected  by  a  majority  of  the 
private  stockholders  of  said  college,  in  the  manner  now  provided 
by  law,  and  the  following  six  named  persons  shall  represent  the 


OF    MARYLAND  67 

State  interest  in  said  board,  namely,  the  governor,  comptroller, 
treasurer,  president  of  the  senate,  speaker  of  the  house  of  dele- 
gates, and  the  attorney-general ;  and  the  United  States  secre- 
tary of  agriculture  shall  be  ex  officio  one  of  said  board,  and  one 
person  from  each  of  the  congressional  districts  of  this  State  who 
shall  be  a  practical  farmer,  or  immediately  interested  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor,  by 
and  with  the  consent  of  the  senate,  to  be  classified  as  follows : 
Two  for  the  term  of  two  years,  two  for  the  term  of  four  years, 
and  the  remainder  for  the  term  of  six  years,  all  to  date  from  the 
first  day  of  February,  1888,  and  thereafter  the  term  of  all  such 
appointments  shall  be  for  the  term  of  six  years,  except  that 
appointments  to  fill  vacancies  occurring  otherwise  than  by 
expiration  of  term,  shall  be  only  for  the  unexpired  portion  of 
the  term  so  vacated. 

1906,  ch.  217. 

177A.  The  assent  of  the  State  of  Maryland  is  given  to  the  pur- 
poses of  the  grant  made  by  act  of  congress,  approved  March  2, 
1887,  of  the  first  session  of  the  fifty-ninth  congress,  and  the 
Maryland  agricultural  experiment  station,  a  department  of  the 
Maryland  agricultural  college,  is  designated  as  the  institution 
entitled  to  receive  the  moneys  appropriated  for  Maryland,  and 
the  treasurer  of  the  said  institution  is  designated  as  the  proper 
person  to  receive  the  said  appropriations. 

1906,  ch.  217. 

177B.  The  assent  of  the  State  of  Maryland  to  the  grants  of 
money  for  the  purposes,  upon  the  terms  and  in  accordance  with 
the  several  conditions  and  provisions  contained  in  Section  177A 
is  hereby  signified  and  expressed,  and  the  secretary  of  the  State 
is  directed  to  transmit  a  certified  copy  of  said  section  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  United  States  and  to  the  secretary  of  agricul- 
ture of  the  United  States. 


68  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 


FREE  SCHOLARSHIPS. 


ST.  MARY'S  FEMALE  SEMINARY,  ST.  MARY'S  COUNTY. 

1898,  ch.  379. 

178.  One  scholar  shall  be  taken  from  each  of  the  counties  and 
each  of  the  four  legislative  districts  of  Baltimore  city,  and  shall 
be  selected  by  the  county  superintendent  and  boards  of  county 
school  commissioners  of  the  respective  counties,  and  the  board 
of  commissioners  of  public  schools  in  Baltimore  city,   for  the 
four  legislative  districts  of  said  city,  respectively,  without  re- 
course to  a  competitive  examination,  so  that  the  most  worthy 
and  charitable  may  be  selected ;  each  pupil  as  selected  to  remain 
for  the  space  of  three  years,  if  not  dismissed  by  the  trustees. 

ST.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE,  ANNAPOLIS. 

1878,  ch.  315. 

179.  One  scholar  from  each   senatorial   district  of  the   State 
shall  be  educated  free  of  charge  for  tuition,  board,  fuel,  lights  and 
washing,  and  shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  of  county  school 
commissioners  of  the  several  counties  and  city  of  Baltimore,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senator  in  their  respective 
counties  and  senatorial  districts,  after  a  competitive  examina- 
tion of  the  candidates  for  such  appointments,  who  shall  produce 
before   the   said    commissioners    satisfactory    evidence   of   their 
moral  character,  and  of  their  inability  or  the  inability  of  their 
parents  or  guardians  to  pay  the  regular  college  charges ;  pro- 
vided, that  no  one  of  the  said  appointments  shall  be  held  by  the 
same  student  for  more  than  four  years,  unless  the  time  of  hold- 
ing such  appointment  be  extended  by  the  faculty  of  the  college, 
and  that  each  student  receiving  such  appointment  shall  pledge 
himself  upon  entering  the  college  that  he  will  continue  a  student 
thereof  for  the  full  term  of  four  years,  unless  prevented  by  un- 
avoidable necessity,  and  that  he  will  teach  school  within  the 
State   for   not   less   than  two  years   immediately   after   leaving 
college,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be  practicable. 


OP    MARYLAND  69 

WESTERN  MARYLAND  COLLEGE,  WESTMINSTER. 

1898,  ch.  106. 

180.  One  male   student   from   each   senatorial   district  of  the 
State  shall  be  educated  free  of  charge  for  tuition,  board,  fuel, 
lights  and  washing,  and  shall  be  appointed  by  the  school  com- 
missioners  in  said  senatorial  district,  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  senator  in  their  respective   senatorial  dis- 
tricts after  a  competitive  examination  of  the  candidates ;  pro- 
vided, that  the  said  appointment  shall  not  be  held  by  the  same 
student  for  more  than  four  years,  and  that  each  student  receiv- 
ing such  appointment  shall  give  his  bond  to  the  State  of  Mary- 
land for  such  amount,  with  such  security  as  may  be  approved  of 
by  the  president  of  said  college,  that  he  will  teach  school  within 
this  State  for  not  less  than  two  years  after  leaving  college. 

1898,  ch.  106. 

181.  One  female  student  from  each  senatorial  district  of  this 
State  shall  be  educated  free  of  charge  for  board  and  tuition,  and 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  school  commissioners  in  said  sena- 
torial district,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senator 
in  their  respective  senatorial  districts,  after  a  competitive  exami- 
nation of  the  candidates ;  provided,  that  the  said  appointment 
shall  not  be  held  by  the  same  student  for  more  than  four  years, 
and   that   each   student  receiving  such   appointment  shall  give 
bond  to   the   State   of   Maryland   for  such  amount,  with   such 
security  as  may  be  approved  by  the  president  of  said  college, 
that  she  will  teach  school  within  the  State  for  not  less  than  two 
years  after  leaving  college. 

MARYLAND  INSTITUTE,  BALTIMORE  CITY. 

1902,  ch.  512. 

182.  One  free  scholar  shall  be  received  from  each  county  of 
the  State  and  one  from  each  legislative  district  of  Baltimore  city 
to  be  selected  by  the  school  commissioners  of  the  counties  and 
Baltimore  city,  respectively. 

WASHINGTON   COLLEGE. 

1906,  ch.  204. 

185.  The  visitors  and  governors  of  Washington  College  may, 
in  their  discretion,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Sec- 
tions 11  and  12  of  the  original  act  of  incorporation,  of  which 


70  PUBUC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

this  act  is  intended  to  be  a  supplement,  authorizing  the  issuing 
to  the  graduates  of  this  department  who  may  have  satisfactorily 
completed  the  prescribed  course,  and  who  have  attained  the  age 
which  is  now  or  may  be  hereafter  prescribed  for  teachers,  under 
the  public  school  law  of  Maryland,  a  certificate  which,  when 
signed  by  the  State  board  of  education,  shall  authorize  the  said 
graduate  to  teach  for  one  year  from  the  date  thereof  in  any  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  State,  established  under  the  authority 
of  the  public  school  law  of  Maryland,  and  which  said  certificate, 
at  the  expiration  of  one  year,  upon  the  recommendation  of  any 
county  superintendent  of  public  schools,  under  whose  super- 
vision the  graduate  may  have  taught  for  eight  months,  shall  be- 
come a  permanent  diploma,  authorizing  the  holder  thereof  to 
teach  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of  the  State,  subject  to  the 
approval  and  regulation  of  the  State  board  of  education,  in  the 
manner  governing  diplomas  issued  by  the  other  State  normal 
schools  of  this  State. 

1896,  ch.  188. 

186.  The  visitors  and  governors  of  this  college  shall  supply 
free  tuition  and  books  in  the  normal  department  to  one  indigent 
female  student  from  each  county  of  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Mary- 
land, and  such  student  shall  present  a  certificate  of  appointment 
from  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  the  county 
from  which  she  comes,  and  that  she  is  a  graduate  of  a  public 
school,  and  that  she  enters  the  college  for  the  purpose  of  qualify- 
ing herself  for  a   teacher  in   the   public  schools,  and   that   she 
intends  to  engage  in  teaching  within  this  State ;  and  she  shall 
sign  an  agreement  to  pay  said  college  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  session  she  attends  the  normal  department  of 
said  college,  should  she  fail  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  this 
State,  after  having  received  a  normal  school  education  at  said 
college. 

1896,  ch.  188. 

187.  Any  female  graduate  of  any  public  school  on  the  Eastern 
Shore  of  Maryland  shall  have  the  privilege  of  competing  for 
appointment  to  said  scholarship  by  filing  her  written  application 
to  the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  for  such  appoint- 
ment, together  with  a  certificate  that  she  is  a  graduate  of  a  public 
school  of  that  county,  and  that  she  desires  such  scholarship  for 
the  purpose  of  qualifying  herself  for  a  teacher  in   the   public 


OP   MARYLAND  71 

schools,  and  her  intention  to  engage  in  the  profession  of  teach- 
ing within  this  State ;  and  in  case  any  such  scholar  should,  after 
having  received  such  normal  school  education,  fail  to  fulfill  the 
conditions  upon  which  she  was  admitted,  she  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  session  she  attended 
the  normal  department  of  said  college,  to  be  collected  as  other 
debts  are  collected,  and  to  be  applied  for  the  benefit  of  the 
normal  department  of  said  college. 

1898,  ch.  293. 

188.  The  visitors  and  governors  of  Washington  College  are 
authorized  and  directed  to  supply  free  tuition  and  free  books  to 
one  male  or  female  student  from  each  and  every  county  on  the 
Western  Shore  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  either  in  the  normal  or 
collegiate  department  of  said  college. 

1898,  ch.  293. 

189.  Students  wishing  to  secure  the  benefit  of  Sections   188 
and  189  shall  file  a  written  application  for  such  scholarship  with 
the  board  of  county  school  commissioners  of  which  county  he  is 
a  resident,  together  with  a  certificate  of  his  or  her  good  physical 
health   and   good   moral   character;   and   said   board   of  county 
school  commissioners  shall  cause  all  such  applicants  to  be  ex- 
amined on  such  subjects  or  studies  as  the  principal  of  Washing- 
ton College  may  suggest,  and  shall  make  the  appointment  after 
such   competitive   examination   is   held,   and   shall   certify   such 
appointment  to  the  principal  of  said  college  in  writing. 

1910.  ch.  542,  sec.  2;  1910,  ch.  309,  sec.  2. 

189A.  The  sum  of  forty-five  hundred  dollars  is  annually  ap- 
propriated to  Washington  College,  payable  to  said  college  upon 
the  warrant  of  the  comptroller  in  quarterly  instalments  on  the 
first  day  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  of  each  year,  in 
consideration  of  which  appropriation  the  visitors  and  governors 
of  said  college  shall  educate  -free  of  charge  for  board,  room  rent, 
tuition  and  text-books,  one  male  student  from  each  senatorial  dis- 
trict of  the  Western  Shore,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  school 
commissioners  in  each  said  senatorial  district  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  senator  in  said  district,  after  a 
competitive  examination :  provided,  that  the  appointment  shall 


72  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

not  be  held  by  the  same  student  for  more  than  four  years  and 
that  each  student  receiving  such  appointment  shall  give  his 
bond  for  such  amount  and  with  such  security  as  may  be  ap- 
proved by  the  president  of  said  college  that  he  will  teach  school 
within  the  State  of  Maryland  for  not  less  than  two  years  after 
leaving  college. 

CHARLOTTE  HALL  SCHOOL. 

1898,  ch.  321. 

190.  Charlotte  Hall  School  shall  receive  and  give  board  and 
tuition,  free  of  charge,  to  at  least  one  student  from  each  legisla- 
tive district  of  the  State  during  each  scholastic  year  after  the  first 
day  of  September,   in  the  year   1898,   all   such   students   to   be 
received  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  school,  and 
subject  to  dismissal  therefrom  for  cause,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
board  of  trustees  thereof. 

1898,  ch.  321. 

191.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  in  the  year  1898, 
the  several  boards  of  county  school  commissioners  shall  each 
select  one  student  from  their  respective  counties,  and  the  board 
of  commissioners  of  public  schools  of  the  city  of  Baltimore  shall 
select  one  student  from  each   legislative  district  of   Baltimore 
city,  all  such  selections  to  be  made  by  competitive  examinations 
from  among  the  youths  who  reside  in  the  legislative  districts  for 
which  they  are  respectively  chosen,  and  who  are  or  have  been 
students  in  the  public  schools  of  such  district,  and  the  students 
so  selected  shall  be  entitled  to  the  scholarships  above  provided 
for  in  Charlotte  Hall  School  for  terms  of  three  years ;  and  when 
the  terms  of  such  appointee,  or  any  of  them,  have  expired,  or 
for   any   cause   a  vacancy   occurs,   or   vacancies   occur,   in   said 
scholarships,   said   respective   board   shall    in   like   manner   and 
from  like  classes  choose  other  students  to  fill  such  vacancy  or 
vacancies. 

State  Normal  School  No.  3. 

1908,  ch.  599. 

193.  There  shall  be  located  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  or  else- 
where (if  the  board  of  education  deem  best)  a  State  normal 
school  for  the  instruction  and  practice  of  colored  teachers  in  the 


OF    MARYLAND  73 

science  of  education,  the  art  of  teaching  and  the  mode  of  govern- 
ing schools,  to  be  known  as  State  normal  school  No.  3 ;  the  said 
school  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  State  board  of  education, 
who  shall  appoint  the  principal  and  necessary  assistants;  and 
the  faculty  shall  consist  of  a  principal  and  as  many  teachers  as 
the  board  shall  appoint.  The  sessions  of  the  school  shall  be 
determined  by  the  State  board  of  education  who  shall  pre- 
scribe the  curriculum  of  study,  which,  however,  shall  include 
courses  for  the  special  preparation  of  instructors  for  teaching  the 
elements  of  agrieulture  and  mechanic  arts,  provide  necessary 
quarters,  supplies  and  apparatus,  fix  the  qualification  for  admis- 
sion as  students,  the  salary  of  the  principal,  assistant  teachers 
and  employes. 


ARTICLE  XLIII. 

(CODE  OF  1912.) 

HEALTH. 

59.  No  teacher  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of  this  State  shall 
receive  into  such  school,  as  a  pupil,  any  person  who  has  not  been 
successfully  vaccinated ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  in 
the  public  schools,  within  ten  days  after  the  beginning  of  the  fall 
term  of  said  schools,  and  thereafter  as  new  pupils  shall  enter 
such  school,  to  ascertain  and  enroll  on  the  vaccine  register  of 
said  school  the  names  of  those  pupils  who  may  produce  a  certi- 
ficate of  a  regular  practicing  physician  of  the  county  or  city,  as 
the  case  may  be,  certifying  that  the  pupil  has  been  successfully 
vaccinated,  and  also  the  names  of  those  pupils  who  have  been 
enrolled  at  any  previous  term  in  any  school  of  the  county  or  in 
the  city  of  Baltimore,  as  the  case  may  be,  as  successfully  vacci- 
nated pupils,  whenever  any  such  pupil  shall  present  a  certificate 
of  such  enrollment  from  the  teacher  of  any  such  school.  If  any 
person  shall  apply  for  admission  as  a  pupil  in  any  of  the  public 
schools  of  this  State  who  has  not  been  successfully  vaccinated, 
the  teacher  shall  give  the  parents  or  guardian  or  other  person 
having  control  of  such  pupil  an  order  directed  to  any  physician 
in  the  county  or  city,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  requiring  any 
regular  physician  to  whom  it  may  be  presented  to  vaccinate 


74  PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 

such  pupil  and  return  a  certificate  of  such  vaccination  when  suc- 
cessful to  the  teacher  giving  such  order.  The  county  commis- 
sioners of  the  several  counties  and  the  mayor  and  city  council  of 
Baltimore  city,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid 
to  the  physician  performing  the  service  on  such  order  the  sum 
of  fifty  cents  for  every  such  successful  vaccination  on  the  pre- 
sentation of  the  order  and  certification  of  the  teacher  that  such 
vaccination  has  been  performed ;  provided,  that  in  the  counties 
or  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  when  vaccine  physicians  are  ap- 
pointed or  contracts  made  with  certain  physicians  by  the  proper 
authorities  for  the  vaccination  of  all  children  or  persons  who 
may  apply  free  of  charge  to  the  person  applying,  the  provisions 
of  this  section  providing  for  the  payment  of  physicians'  certified 
orders  of  teachers  shall  not  apply.  Any  teacher  neglecting  or 
refusing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on 
conviction  thereof,  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  having  juris- 
diction over  said  offense,  be  fined  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense.  And  no  public  school  trustee  or  commissioner  shall 
grant  any  permit  to  any  person  who  has  not  been  successfully 
vaccinated  to  enter  as  a  pupil  any  public  school  under  the  same 
penalty. 


OP    MARYLAND  75 


Act  Providing  For  Maryland  State  Normal  School 
Building  Commission. 


1910,  ch.  352. 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  a  commission  to 
select  and  obtain  an  option  upon  a  lot  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of 
Baltimore  or  elsewhere  in  this  State,  and  for  the  preparation  of 
tentative  plans  and  estimates  for  the  erection  thereon  by  the  State 
of  Maryland  of  suitable  buildings  to  be  used  by  the  Maryland 
State  normal  school,  now  located  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  and  to 
provide  for  an  appropriation  of  money  therefor. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  a  special  commission  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  con- 
stituted, to  be  known  as  "The  Maryland  State  Normal  School 
Building  Commission."  Said  commission  to  consist  of  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  State,  the  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  the  State 
treasurer,  the  State  superintendent  of  public  education,  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  Maryland  State  normal  school,,  Honorable  J.  Charles 
Linthicum,  Honorable  John  S.  Biddison,  Honorable  W.  Mitchell 
Digges,  and  Honorable  Carville  D.  Benson.  The  members  of 
said  commission  shall  continue  in  office  until  the  work  for  which 
it  is  established,  as  herein  set  forth,  shall  have  been  completed ; 
provided,  however,  that  the  governor  shall  have  the  power,  in 
his  discretion,  to  remove  any  member  thereof  or  to  fill  any 
vacancy  caused  by  death,  resignation,  or  otherwise.  This  com- 
mission shall  meet  within  sixty  days  after  the  passage  of  this 
act  and  organize  by  the  election  of  a  secretary,  who  may  be  one 
of  its  members.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  secretary  to  keep 
an  accurate  record  of  all  acts,  orders,  or  transactions  of  the  com- 
mission and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  commission  and  shall  receive  such  salary  as  said  commission 


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may  think  proper,  not  in  excess  of  five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum.  The  members  of  said  commission,  except  the  secre- 
tary, shall  serve  without  compensation,  and  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is 
hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  ordinary  receipts  of  the  treasury 
for  each  of  the  years  of  1910  and  1911  to  defray  the  necessary  ex- 
penses of  said  commission  or  its  members  in  attending  to  their 
duties  as  such ;  and  the  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw 
his  warrant,  on  the  receipt  of  the  draft  of  the  chairman  of  said 
commission,  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  State  in  favor  of  the  sec- 
retary of  said  commission  for  such  sum  or  sums  as  may  be 
necessary  not  in  excess  of  one  thousand  dollars  for  each  of  the 
years  of  1910  and  1911  as  aforesaid.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty 
of  the  secretary  to  keep  an  accurate  account  of  all  moneys  re- 
ceived and  expended  and  make  a  report  of  same  annually  or  at 
such  other  time  as  the  commission  may  direct.  He  shall  also 
give  bond  for  the  safe-keeping  of  all  moneys  or  records  belonging 
to  the  commission  in  such  sum  as  said  commission  may  require. 
The  office  or  meeting  place  of  said  commission  may  be  that  of 
the  State  board  of  education  at  Annapolis,  at  the  normal  school 
building  in  Baltimore,  or  elsewhere. 


Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  commission  created  by  this  act  to  select  and  obtain  an  option 
for  the  State  of  Maryland  upon  a  suitable  site  and  to  have  pre- 
pared tentative  plans  and  estimates  for  the  necessary  buildings 
for  new  normal  school  buildings,  which  shall  include  dormitories 
for  the  students  of  the  Maryland  State  normal  school,  now 
located  in  the  city  of  Baltimore ;  and  the  commission  is  hereby 
given  authority  to  perform  all  acts  necessary  to  accomplish  this 
purpose. 

Section  3.  The  work  of  the  commission  created  by  this  act 
shall  be  completed  as  soon  as  feasible;  provided,  however,  that 
the  date  of  completion  shall  not  be  later  than  November  1,  1911, 
and  the  aggregate  and  total  expenditure  of  said  commission  for 
said  purpose  shall  not  exceed  nor  shall  it  incur  any  obligation 
for  any  amount  in  excess  of  the  appropriations. 


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Section  4.  And  be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  from  the  date  of  its 
passage. 

Approved  the  13th  day  of  April,  1910. 

AUSTIN  L.  C'ROTHERS, 
Governor. 

A.  P.  GORMAN,  JR., 

President  of  the  Senate. 

ADAM  PEEPLES, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Delegates. 

The  above  approval  was  with  the  exception  of  the  item  con- 
tained in  Section  1  of  the  above  bill,  to  wit:  "the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  is 
hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  ordinary  receipts  of  the  treasury 
for  each  of  the  years  of  1910  and  1911  to  defray  the  necessary  ex- 
penses of  said  commission  or  its  members  in  attending  to  their 
duties  as  such,"  which  provision  or  item  is  approved  to  the 
extent  of  the  appropriation  of  $500  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  year  1910,  and  is  disapproved  to  the  extent 
of  $500  for  said  year,  and  is  further  disapproved  with  respect  to 
the  said  appropriation  of  $1000  for  the  year  1911. 


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Bond  Issue  for  New  Normal  School. 


CHAPTER  776— ACTS  1912. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  the  Board  of  Public  Works  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  issue  a  loan  in  the  sum  of  six  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars ($600,000)  for  the  purchase  of  land  and  the  erection  and 
construction  of  buildings,  including  dormitories  for  students, 
for  the  Maryland  State  normal  school. 

Section  2.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  expenditures  to 
be  incurred  in  the  purchase  of  the  necessary  land  and  the  erec- 
tion and  construction  of  buildings,  including  dormitories  for 
students,  for  the  Maryland  State  normal  school,  by  the  Mary- 
land State  Normal  School  Building  Commission,  hereinafter 
named,  a  loan  is  hereby  created  to  be  called  the  Maryland  State 
normal  school  loan  to  the  amount  of  six  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($600,000)  ;  said  loan  shall  bear  date  as  follows:  Three 
hundred  thousand  dollars  ($300,000)  to  be  known  as  Series  A, 
January  1,  1913 ;  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($300,000)  to  be 
known  as  Series  B,  July  1,  1913,  and  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate 
to  be  fixed  by  the  governor,  the  comptroller,  and  the  treasurer 
of  this  State,  or  a  majority  of  them,  not  to  exceed  four  per  cent. 
(4%)  per  annum,  payable  on  the  first  day  of  January  and  July 
of  each  year,  and  the  said  loan  and  every  part  thereof  and  the 
interest  payable  thereon  shall  be  and  remain  exempt  from  State, 
county,  and  municipal  taxation,  and  the  principal  amount  of  said 
loan  shall  be  payable  fifteen  (15)  years  after  date  of  said  respec- 
tive series,  but  shall  be  redeemable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  State  of 
Maryland  after  ten  (10)  years  from  date  of  issue. 


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Section  3.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  the  governor,  comptroller  and  treasurer,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  are  hereby  authorized,  empowered  and  directed 
to  have  prepared  proper  certificates  of  indebtedness  of  the  State, 
in  good  and  sufficient  form,  to  aggregate  the  amount  of  six  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  ($600,000),  as  evidence  of  said  loan;  such 
certificates  of  indebtedness  shall  bear  dates  as  provided  in  Section 
2  of  this  act ;  said  bonds  to  be  issued  in  any  denomination  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  or  greater  than  one  thou- 
sand dollars  ($1,000),  as  may  be  determined  by  the  governor, 
comptroller  and  treasurer,  or  a  majority  of  them ;  each  of  said 
certificates  shall  be  signed  by  the  treasurer  of  the  State  and 
countersigned  by  the  comptroller  and  shall  bear  interest  not  ex- 
ceeding four  per  cent.  (4%)  per  annum,  payable  on  the  first  days 
of  January  and  July  of  each  year ;  such  portion  of  said  certificates 
shall  be  registered,  and  such  portions  shall  have  interest  coupons 
attached  thereto,  as  the  governor,  treasurer  and  comptroller,  or 
a  majority  of  them,  may  determine. 

Section  4.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  in  order  to  provide  for  the  selling  of  certificates 
of  indebtedness  aforesaid,  to  be  issued  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  the  governor,  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  and  treasurer 
of  this  State,  or  a  majority  of  them,  are  hereby  directed  to 
advertise  twice  a  week  for  four  successive  weeks,  between  the 
dates  of  December  1,  1912,  and  January  1,  1913,  and  a  like  notice 
between  the  dates  of  June  1,  1913,  and  July  1,  1913,  in  two  news- 
papers published  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  that  the  treasurer  of 
this  State  will  be  in  readiness  between  the  first  and  fifteenth  days 
of  January,  1913,  and  the  first  and  fifteenth  days  of  July,  1913,  to 
receive  bids  at  such  place  or  places  as  may  be  named  in  said 
respective  advertisements  for  bonds  or  certificates  of  indebted- 
ness issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  under  such  regula- 
tions as  may  be  made  in  the  discretion  of  the  governor,  comp- 
troller and  treasurer,  or  a  majority  of  them,  and  the  accrued  in- 
terest between  the  date  of  the  bonds  or  certificates  and  the  time 
of  sale  and  delivery  of  and  the  payment  for  said  bonds  and 
certificates  shall  be  adjusted  with  the  purchaser  or  purchasers 
thereunder  such  regulations  as  may  be  made  in  the  discretion  of 
the  governor,  comptroller  and  treasurer,  or  a  majority  of  them, 


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and  upon  the  day  mentioned  in  said  advertisement  as  the  day 
for  opening  the  bids  for  the  proposals  thereby  called  for  they 
shall  receive  such  sealed  proposals  for  the  purchase  of  as  many 
such  certificates  of  indebtedness  as  may  be  designated  in  said 
advertisements,  and  on  the  opening  of  such  sealed  proposals  as 
many  of  said  certificates  of  indebtedness  as  have  been  so  bid  for 
shall  be  awarded  by  the  governor,  comptroller  and  treasurer,  or 
a  majority  of  them,  and  when  two  or  more  bidders  have  made 
the  same  bid,  and  such  bid  is  the  highest,  and  the  certificates  so 
bid  for  by  the  highest  responsible  bidders  are  in  excess  of  the 
whole  amount  of  the  certificates  of  indebtedness  shall  be  awarded 
to  such  highest  responsible  bidders  bidding  the  same  price  in 
ratable  proportion,  and  if  any  insufficient  price  be  bid  for  them, 
they  may  be  subsequently  disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the 
governor,  comptroller  and  treasurer,  or  a  majority  of  them,  at 
private  sale  upon  the  best  terms  they  can  obtain  for  same ;  pro- 
vided, that  in  no  event  shall  more  than  twelve  hundred  dollars 
($1200)  per  acre  be  paid  for  such  real  estate  as  may  be  purchased 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Section  5.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2000),  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of 
the  ordinary  receipts  of  the  treasurer  for  the  expense  of  engrav- 
ing, printing  and  advertising  as  above  mentioned. 

Section  6.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  the  county  commissioners  for  the  respective 
counties  of  this  State,  and  the  mayor  and  city  council  of  Balti- 
more, are  hereby  required  and  directed  to  levy  the  State  taxes 
for  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen  (1913)at  three-fourths 
of 'one  cent  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  of  its  assessable 
property,  and  annually  thereafter  at  three-fourths  of  one  cent 
on  each  onejiundred  dollars  ($100)  of  assessable  property,  to  be 
collected  according  to  law  to  meet  the  interest  and  create  a  sink- 
ing fund  for  the  redemption  of  "The  Maryland  State  Normal 
School  Loan,"  created  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Section  7.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  the  treasurer  of  the  State  on  the  warrant  of  the 
comptroller  shall  pay  the  said  sum  or  sums  of  money  herein  ap- 


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propriated  for  the  object  and  purpose  herein  specified  to  or  upon 
the  order  of  "The  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building  Com- 
mission," which  is  hereby  constituted  as  follows :  The  governor 
of  the  State,  the  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  the  State  treasurer, 
the  State  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  the  principal  of 
the  Maryland  State  normal  school,  Honorable  J.  Charles  Linthi- 
cum,  Honorable  John  S.  Biddison,  Honorable  W.  Mitchell 
Digges,  Honorable  Carville  D.  Benson,  Honorable  Peter  J. 
Campbell,  Honorable  Albert  M.  Sproesser  and  Honorable  An- 
drew J.  Cummings,  said  commission  as  above  constituted,  with 
the  addition  of  the  names  of  Honorable  Peter  J.  Campbell,  Hon- 
orable Albert  M.  Sproesser,  Andrew  J.  Cummings,  being  a  con- 
tinuation and  perpetuation  of  the  commission  as  created  by 
chapter  352  of  the  Acts  of  1910. 

Section  8.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  "The  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building 
Commission"  aforesaid  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  em- 
powered and  directed  to  purchase  such  tract  or  tracts  of  land  as 
the  said  "The  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building  Commis- 
sion" deem  suitable  as  a  location  for  the  Maryland  State  normal 
school,  and  they  shall  immediately  cause  to  be  prepared  plans 
and  specifications  for  such  new  buildings  as  they  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  said  Maryland  State 
normal  school,  and  said  plans  and  specifications  shall  include 
dormitories  for  students ;  after  said  plans  and  specifications  shall 
have  been  duly  accepted  and  approved  the  said  "The  Maryland 
State  Normal  School  Building  Commission"  shall  proceed  forth- 
with to  enter  upon  the  erection,  construction  and  equipment  of 
said  buildings,  the  contract  for  which  shall  be  awarded  to  the 
lowest  responsible  bidder,  after  proper  advertisement,  the  said 
the  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building  Commission  reserv- 
ing to  themselves  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids. 

Section  9.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Maryland,  That  the  members  of  the  Maryland  State  Normal 
School  Building  Commission  aforesaid  shall  receive  no  com- 
pensation for  their  services  as  such,  but  all  proper  expenses  of 
the  said  commission  or  its  members  in  carrying  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  payable  out  of  the  funds  to  be 
provided  by  tjie  loan  herein  authorized. 


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Section  10.  Be.  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly 
of  Maryland,  That  "The  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Build- 
ing Commission"  aforesaid  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  authorized 
empowered  and  directed  to  sell  the  property  located  at  the  corner 
of  Lafayette  and  Carrollton  avenues,  in  Baltimore  city,  now  used 
by  the  Maryland  State  normal  school,  the  cash  proceeds  from 
which  shall  be  paid  directly  to  the  Maryland  State  Normal 
School  Building  Commission  aforesaid,  to  be  disbursed  by  said 
commission  for  the  purposes  herein  enumerated. 

Section  11.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly 
of  Maryland,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  from  the  date  of  its 
passage. 

NOTE— The  Omnibus  Loan  of  1914  included  an  item  of  $225,000  additional 
for  the  construction  of  buildings  for  the  Maryland  State  Normal  School, 
same  to  be  paid  to  the  Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building  Commission 
created  by  ch.  352,  Acts  1910,  and  perpetuated  and  enlarged  by  ch.  776,  Acts 
1912,  and  expended  by  said  Commission  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the 
same  restrictions  as  the  funds  made  available  by  the  foregoing  Acts. 


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MEDICAL  INSPECTION  OF  SCHOOL  CHILDREN. 
CHAPTER  165—1914. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  medical  examination  of  school  chil- 
dren and  the  promotion  of  their  health. 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  of  any 
County  in  the  State,  may,  in  its  discretion,  appoint  one  or  more 
school  physicians  and  assign  one  to  any  public  school  within  the 
limits  of  such  County,  and  shall  provide  such  school  physicians, 
when  so  appointed,  with  proper  facilities  for  the  performance  of 
their  duties,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  school  physicians  appointed 
as  outlined  in  Section  1  shall  be  physicians  legally  qualified  to 
practice  medicine  in  this  State  who  have  had  at  least  two  years' 
experience  in  the  practice  of  their  profession. 

SEC.  3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  every  school  physician  so 
appointed  shall  make  a  prompt  examination  of  all  children  re- 
ferred to  him,  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  such  further  examina- 
tion of  teachers,  janitors  and  school  buildings,  as  in  his  opinion 
the  protection  of  the  health  of  the  pupils  may  require.  He  shall 
return  promptly  to  the  authorities  appointing  him,  on  blanks  fur- 
nished as  hereinafter  provided,  the  results  of  his  examinations. 

SEC.  4.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  superintendent,  principal 
or  teacher  of  any  school  to  which  a  school  physician  has  been 
assigned,  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  refer  to  such  physician 
every  child  returning  to  school  without  a  permit  from  the  health 
officer  or  Board  of  Health,  after  absence  on  account  of  illness  or 
from  unknown  cause,  and  every  child  attending  such  school,  who 
appears  to  be  in  ill  health,  or  is  suspected  to  be  sick  with  any 
contagious  or  infectious  disease,  unless  such  child  is  immediately 
excluded  from  school,  under  the  provisions  of  the  general  statutes 
or  the  sanitary  regulations  in  force  in  said  town  or  district ;  pro- 
vided, that  in  the  case  of  schools  in  remote  and  isolated  locations 
the  school  authorities  may  make  such  other  arrangements  as  may 
be  advisa'ble  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  Act. 


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SEC.  5.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners  of  any  County,  which  has  appointed  one  or  more 
school  physicians,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
shall  cause  every  child  attending  the  public  schools  therein  to  be 
separately  and  carefully  tested  and  examined  at  least  once  in 
every  two  years  to  ascertain  whether  such  child  is  suffering  with 
defective  sight  or  hearing,  or  from  any  other  physical  disability 
tending  to  prevent  such  child  from  receiving  the  full  benefit  of 
school  work,  or  requiring  a  modification  of  such  school  work, 
in  order  to  prevent  injury  to  the  child,  or  to  secure  the  best  edu- 
cational results ;  and  the  school  authorities  may  establish  special 
classes  for  these  defective  children,  and  may  employ  additional 
teachers  for  this  purpose. 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  notice  of  the  disease  and  de- 
fects, if  any,  from  which  any  child  is  found  by  such  school  physi- 
cian to  be  suffering,  shall  be  given  to  the  parent  or  guardian  of 
such  child  with  such  advice  relating  thereto  as  said  physician 
may  deem  advisable,  and  whenever  any  child  shows  symptoms  of 
any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  notice  shall  also  be  given  to 
the  health  officer  or  Board  of  Health,  and  such  child  may  be  ex- 
cluded from  attendance  at  such  school,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  general  statutes  or  the  sanitary  regulations  in 
force  in  the  town  or  district.  Visiting  nurses  may  also  be  em- 
ployed to  visit  the  parents  to  assist  in  securing  the  medical  atten- 
tion required. 

SEC.  7.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  school  physicians  shall  be 
paid  for  the  services  rendered,  such  amount  as  the  school  authori- 
ties shall  deem  proper  and  sufficient  under  the  particular  cir- 
cumstances, and  shall  pay  the  same  from  the  general  funds  in 
their  hands,  such  compensation  not  to  exceed  $2.00  per  hour 
actually  given  to  examination  in  the  schools. 

SEC.  8.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Education  shall  prescribe,  after  consultation  with  the 
State  Board  of  Health,  the  directions  for  tests  of  sight  and  hear- 
ing, and  shall  prescribe  for  the  school  authorities  of  the  State 
suitable  rules  of  instruction,  test  cards,  blanks,  record  books,  and 
other  useful  appliances  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  Act. 

SEC.  9.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  no  person  suffering  from  any 
communicable  disease  shall  be  employed  as  teacher  or  janitor  in 


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any  public  school  in  this  State.  At  the  opening  of  each  annual 
term  teachers  must  furnish  a  health  certificate  from  a  registered 
physician,  addressed  to  the  Superintendent  of  Schools,  certifying 
that  they  are  not  suffering  from  tuberculosis  or  other  com- 
municable disease. 

SEC.  10.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion shall  provide  for  pupils  in  the  normal  schools  suitable  in- 
struction and  practice  for  testing  the  sight  and  hearing  of  school 
children. 

SEC.  11.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  expenses  incurred  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall  be  paid  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  ordinary  expenses  for  the  support  of  schools  in  the  several 
Counties  of  the  State. 

SEC.  12.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  in 
conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed  in  so 
far  as  they  are  in  conflict  herewith. 

SEC.  13.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect 
July  1st,  1914. 

Approved  April  14,  1914. 

SCHOOL  SURVEY. 
CHAPTER  844—1914. 

AN  ACT  to  create  a  Commission  to  conduct  a  survey  of  the 
public  schools,  normal  schools  and  the  State-aided  ele- 
mentary and  secondary  schools  and  the  higher  educational 
institutions  of  the  State  of  Maryland ;  to  endow  said  Com- 
mission with  all  the  necessary  powers  to  carry  out  the  pur- 
poses of  this  Act ;  to  appropriate  a  sum  of  money  for  the  ex- 
penses of  said  Commission. 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Maryland,  That  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Maryland 
be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  and  direct  to 
appoint  a  Commission  of  three  members  to  make  a  survey  of  the 
public  schools,  normal  schools,  the  elementary  and  secondary 
schools,  the  academies  and  colleges,  agricultural  and  professional 
and  other  higher  institutions  of  learning,  receiving  aid  from  the 
State  of  Maryland,  to  study  the  administration  of  the  said  insti- 


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tutions,  to  consider  the  appropriations  made  therefor,  to  investi- 
gate the  use  of  the  funds  so  appropriated,  to  study  the  educa- 
tional system  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  and  said  commission  is 
hereby  directed  to  report  its  findings,  with  recommendations  to 
the  Governor;  which  report  shall  be  transmitted  by  the  Gover- 
nor to  the  General  Assembly  at  its  session  of  1916. 

SEC.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  member  of  such 
Commission  shall  be  compensated  for  his  services,  but  each  mem- 
ber shall  be  paid  his  necessary  traveling  expenses  incurred  in 
attending  meetings  or  in  performing  other  duties  incidental  to  the 
work  of  the  Commission. 

SEC.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commission  shall 
have  the  power  to  arrange  the  organization  and  equipment  of  the 
survey  in  such  manner  as  may  seem  to  it  best,  employ  and  fix 
the  compensation  of  investigators  and  other  employees  required 
for  the  efficient  conduct  of  the  work,  and  call  to  its  assistance 
any  expert  help  that  may  he  available  either  from  public  or 
private  foundations.  It  shall  have  power  to  purchase  books,  maps 
and  oher  helps  required,  prepare  and  print  blanks  for  information 
or  guidance  of  its  work,  and  in  general  make  any  provisions  for 
the  work  that  may  be  necessary. 

SEC.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commission  shall 
have  the  use  of  the  office  and  officers  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation so  far  as  this  may  be  necessary;  shall  have  free  access  to 
all  public  records  necessary  to  the  carrying  out  of  the  duties 
herein  prescribed ;  and  all  school  commissioners,  superintendents, 
teachers  and  other  officers  connected  with  the  school  system  or 
with  any  elementary,  secondary,  or  normal  school,  or  any  other 
educational  institution  receiving  State  aid,  shall  give  such  assist- 
ance to  the  Commission  as  may  be  required  of  it. 

SEC.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  five  thou- 
sand dollars  ($5,000)  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  moneys  in 
the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  to  be  paid  by  the 
Treasurer  of  Maryland  on  the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller  to  such 
person  as  the  Commission  may  designate  as  its  treasurer  in 
quarterly  installments,  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  October, 
1914. 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  tako 
effect  from  the  date  of  its  passage. 

Approved  April  16,  1914. 


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MARYLAND  STATE  UNIVERSITY. 
CHAPTER  198—1914. 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  a  seminary  of  learning,  by  the  name  of  the  "Mary- 
land State  University,"  be,  and  is  hereby,  created  and  established 
in  this  State;  that  Phillips  Lee  Goldsborough,  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Maryland;  Emerson  C.  Harrington,  Comptroller  of  the 
Treasury  of  the  State  of  Maryland;  M.  Bates  Stephens,  State 
Superintendent  of  Education ;  Jesse  D.  Price,  Peter  J.  Campbell, 
William  W.  Beck,  Edward  M.  Hammond,  Arthur  P.  Gorman,  J. 
Frank  Harper,  Carville  D.  Benson,  James  McC.  Trippe,  Lloyd 
Wilkinson,  Andrew  J.  Cummings,  Roscoe  Jones,  James  A.  Mc- 
Quade,  James  A.  Dawkins,  David  J.  Mclntosh,  Jr.,  Noble  L. 
Mitchell,  Thomas  Fell,  Robert  Moss,  James  W.  Cain,  James 
Alfred  Pearce,  Thomas  H.  Lewis,  Joshua  W.  Miles,  James  Earle 
Maloy,  Randolph  Winslow,  Thomas  A.  Ashby,  Henry  Stock- 
bridge,  Wm.  T.  Rawles,  Timothy  A.  Heatwole,  Philemon  H. 
Tuck,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Joseph  H.  Branham,  Frederick  Crow- 
triers,  William  F.  Lockwood,  John  W.  Chambers,  Omer  F.  Her- 
shey,  George  Moore  Brady,  J.  Walter  Engler,  Edward  C.  Bixler 
and  William  Milnes  Maloy,  their  associates  and  successors  shall 
be,  and  are  hereby  constituted  and  declared  to  be  a  corporation 
and  body  politic  forever,  by  and  under  the  name  of  the  Maryland 
State  University,  and  as  such  shall  be  entitled  to  and  shall  pos- 
sess, use  and  enjoy  all  and  singular  the  general  powers  provided 
for  corporations  formed  under  the  general  incorporation  laws  of 
this  State  in  so  far  as  the  same  are  or  may  become  applicable  to 
such  an  educational  corporation  as  is  by  this  Act  created;  and 
any  ten  or  more  of  the  above  incorporators  may  meet  and  accept 
this  charter  and  organize  hereunder,  provided  each  incorporator 
shall  have  been  given  at  least  three  days'  notice  of  said  meeting. 

SEC.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  member  of  the 
governing  body  or  professor  or  lecturer,  instructor,  tutor  or 
student  of  said  University  shall  ever  be  required  to  hold  or  pro- 
fess any  particular  religious  belief  or  opinions  as  a  test  of  office 
or  for  admission  to  any  of  the  privileges,  honors  or  degrees  of 
said  University. 


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SEC.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  governing  Board 
of  the  said  University  shall  be  its  Board  of  Regents,  which  shall 
consist  of  His  Excellency,  the  Governor  of  Maryland,  ex-officio ; 
the  Honorable  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  of  Maryland,  ex- 
officio  ;  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  ex-officio ;  six  per- 
sons to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Maryland, 
none  of  whom  shall  be  connected  with  any  of  the  affiliated  in- 
stitutions of  the  University,  one  of  said  six  persons  being  from 
each  of  the  six  Congressional  Districts  of  the  State ;  two  of  which 
six  persons  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  first 
Monday  in  May  next  succeeding  their  appointment  and  until 
their  successors  shall  qualify ;  two  of  which  six  persons  shall  hold 
office  for  a  term  of  four  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  next 
succeeding  their  appointment  and  until  their  successors  shall 
qualify;  two  of  which  six  persons  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of 
six  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  succeeding  their 
appointment  and  until  their  successors  shall  qualify ;  the  Gover- 
nor shall,  at  the  time  of  making  said  appointments,  designate 
the  term  of  years  of  each  o£  said  six  persons  when  first  appointed 
under  this  charter;  the  term  of  office  of  said  six  members  after 
the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  first  appointed,  shall  be  a 
term  of  six  years,  and  to  take  the  places  of  the  members  of  the 
said  Board  whose  terms  of  office  shall  so  expire,  the  Governor 
shall,  every  two  years,  after  1914,  before  the  first  Monday  in  May 
in  such  years,  appoint  two  persons  as  members  of  said  Board  of 
Regents  to  serve  for  terms  of  six  years  from  the  first  Monday  in 
May  next  succeeding  their  appointment  and  until  their  successors 
shall  qualify ;  said  persons  shall  be  of  high  character,  integrity 
and  capacity ;  in  case  of  a  vacancy  among  said  six  members  by 
death,  resignation,  disqualification  or  otherwise,  the  Governor 
shall  fill  such  vacancy ;  that  in  addition  to  the  above  the  Board  of 
Regents  shall  consist  of  two  representatives  from  each  of  the 
institutions  affiliated  with  said  University,  which  affiliated  in- 
stitutions shall  be  entitled  to  change  such  representatives,  when- 
ever the  governing  body  of  such  affiliated  institution  shall  see 
fit;  provided  that  such  changes  be  always  made  so  as  to  take 
effect  on  the  first  Monday  in  May  in  each  year ;  that  the  govern- 
ing body  of  any  instituton  so  changing  its  representative  shall 


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always  designate  whom  the  newly  appointed  representative  is  to 
succeed ;  and  that  for  the  first  year  and  until  their  successors  shall 
have  been  chosen  and  shall  have  qualified  the  following  persons 
shall  be  the  representatives  on  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  vari- 
ous affiliated  institutions  with  which  they  are  associated,  viz: 

James  Alfred  Pearce  and  James  W.  Cain,  representing  Wash- 
ington College; 

Robert  Moss  and  Thomas  Fell,  representing  St.  John's  College ; 

Randolph  Winslow  and  Philemon  H.  Tuck,  representing  the 
University  of  Maryland; 

Thomas  H.  Lewis  and  Joshua  W.  Miles,  representing  the  West- 
ern Maryland  College; 

William  F.  Lockwood  and  John  W.  Chambers,  representing 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons ; 

Joseph  H.  Branham  and  Frederick  Crowthers,  representing  the 
Maryland  Medical  College : 

Edward  C.  Bixler  and  J.  Walter  Engler,  representing  Blue 
Ridge  College ; 

SEC.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Board  of 
Regents  shall  elect  a  Provost  who  shall  be  the  executive  head  of 
the  University  and  who  shall  be,  ex-officio,  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Regents;  the  Governor  of  Maryland  shall  be,  ex-officio, 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  but  said  Board  shall  have 
power  to  choose  from  among  the  members  a  Vice-Ohairman  who 
shall  act  in  the  absence  of  the  Governor. 

SEC.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  said  Maryland  State  University  to  enter  into  any  contract, 
articles  of  agreement  or  mutual  ordinances  or  statutes  with  any 
existing  or  hereafter  created  college,  university,  conservatory, 
institute,  technical,  professional,  military  or  agricultural  school, 
or  other  similar  institution,  and  to  affiliate  said  institution  with 
the  said  university  under  such  terms  as  may  to  the  respective 
governing  bodies  of  the  said  institution  and  of  the  said  Maryland 
State  University  seem  meet  and  proper;  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  said  Maryland  State  University  to  enter  into  any  contract, 
articles  of  agreement,  or  mutual  ordinances  or  statutes  with  any 
existing  or  hereafter  created  hospital,  infirmary  laboratory,  home, 


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asylum,  or  similar  institution  with  any  normal  school,  school  of 
pedagogy,  institute  of  art  and  design,  library,  or  other  institu- 
tion of  a  similar  character,  the  terms  of  contract  between  the 
said  Maryland  State  University  and  the  said  contracting  institu- 
tions to  be  such  as  the  governing  bodies  of  the  several  contract- 
ing institutions  may  deem  meet  and  proper;  provided,  always, 
that  the  terms  of  alliance  and  contract  be  not  repugnant  to  the 
form  of  government  or  to  the  laws  of  this  State ;  that  the  affilia- 
tion with  the  said  University  of  any  other  institution  shall  not  be 
held  to  deprive  such  institution  of  any  of  its  corporate  rights, 
privileges  or  franchises  under  its  charter  and  the  supplements 
thereto,  nor  in  any  way  injuriously  to  affect  or  impair  the  same, 
nor  vest  in  the  said  University  the  right  or  title  to  any  of  the 
property  of  any  such  other  institution. 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  said  Board  of  Regents  to  provide  for  a  closer  relation  be- 
tween the  High  Schools  of  the  State  and  the  colleges  affiliated 
under  this  charter,  and  also  between  the  said  colleges  and  pro- 
fessional schools  constituting  the  University. 

SEC.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Maryland  State 
University  shall  have  power  to  pass  by-laws  for  its  own  govern- 
ment, to  name  its  own  officers  and  employes  and  fix  their  duties 
and  compensations,  and  shall  have  power  to  establish,  ordain, 
promulgate  and  publish  by-laws,  rules,  regulations  and  ordi- 
nances, respecting  the  requirements  for  admission  and  gradua- 
tion ;  and  all  matters  that  are  susceptible  of  and  which  it  is  desir- 
able should  be  governed  by  general  regulations  shall  be  within 
the  province  of  the  Maryland  State  University. 

SEC.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  said  University  to  receive,  and  it  is  hereby  empowered  to  re- 
ceive, by  gift,  grant,  bequest  or  devise,  or  by  Federal,  State  or 
municipal  appropriation,  land,  money,  property  or  other  things  of 
value  and  to  hold  or  expend  such  gifts,  grants,  bequests,  devises 
or  appropriations  of  money  or  property  for  the  purpose  to  fur- 
ther which  said  University  is  in  this  Act  created. 

SEC.  9.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  case  any  land, 
money,  property  or  other  thing  of  value  has  been  or  may  here- 
after be  given  for  any  specific  object  or  purpose  to  the  said  Uni- 
versity or  to  any  of  the  colleges,  schools,  or  other  institutions 


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affiliated  with  it,  the  same  shall  be  treated  as  in  the  nature  of  a 
trust,  and  shall  not  be  used,  disposed  of,  or  diverted  to  any  pur- 
pose other  than  that  indicated  and  authorized  by  the  donor. 

SEC.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  University 
shall  have  power  to  hold  convocations  of  the  faculties  of  the 
affiliated  institutions  and  other  learned  persons  for  the  discussion 
and  furtherance  of  education  and,  the  special  matters  committed 
to  it ;  to  hold  a  public  commencement  or  commencements  at  such 
times  and  place  as  it  may  ordain ;  and  upon  the  completion  of  the 
course  or  courses  of  study  in  any  department  of  said  University, 
in  accordance  with  the  conditions  and  requirements  thereof  for 
such  department,  and  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  appro- 
priate faculty,  the  University  shall  have  power  to  confer  the  cus- 
tomary and  appropriate  academic  degree ;  and  upon  the  diplomas 
of  any  of  its  affiliated  institutions  it  shall,  upon  the  application  of 
said  offiliated  institution,  impose  the  seal  of  the  University,  at- 
tested by  the  proper  officer  or  officers,  if  the  requirements  for  ad- 
missions and  graduation  shall  have  been  met;  that  by  a  three- 
fourth  vote  the  Board  of  Regents  may  confer  appropriate  degrees 
honoris  causa  for  eminent  achievements  in  letters,  science  or  for 
professional  attainments. 

SEC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  case  any  affiliated 
institutions  shall  at  any  time  in  the  estimation  of  the  Board  of 
Regents  fail  to  abide  by  and  perform  the  agreements  and  under- 
takings by  it  entered  into,  the  said  Board  of  Regents  may  with- 
hold its  seal  from  any  diploma  of  such  affiliated  institution,  and 
may  at  its  option  declare  the  agreement  of  affiliation  terminated 
at  the  close  of  the  next  scholastic  year;  provided,  that  the  affi- 
liated institution  shall  have  been  notified  in  writing  as  to  the  mat- 
ter in  respect  of  which  it  has  so  failed  to  keep  its  said  agreement 
and  shall  have  been  given  an  opportunity  to  present  its  defense 
thereto  to  the  said  Board  of  Regents  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  not 
later  than  30  days  nor  more  than  60  days  subsequent  to  such 
notice. 

SEC.  12.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  take 
effect  from  the  date  of  its  passage. 

Approved  April  16,  1914. 


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OCEAN  CITY  EDUCATION  BUILDING. 
CHAPTER  227—1914. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  erection  and  equipment  of  a  public 
school  building  at  Ocean  City  in  Worcester  County  by  joint 
appropriation  by  the  State  of  Maryland  and  the  County  Com- 
missioners of  Worcester  County  and  the  furnishing  and 
donation  of  the  site  therefor  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Council 
of  Ocean  City. 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  the  President  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education,  the  .President  and 
County  Superintendent  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Commis- 
sioners of  Worcester  County,  and  a  fifth  person  to  be  selected  by 
a  majority  of  the  four  above-mentioned  be  and  they  are  created 
a  Commission  to  be  called  the  Ocean  City  School  Building  Com- 
mission, to  serve  without  further  compensation. 

SEC.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  County  Commis- 
sioners of  Worcester  County  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  appropriate  and  levy  for  the  purposes  hereinafter 
mentioned  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  for  the  use  of  and 
subject  to  the  order  of  the  said  Ocean  City  School  Building  Com- 
mission in  connection  with  the  State  appropriation  hereinafter  made. 

SEC.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out 
of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  said  sum  to  be  used  in  connection  with 
the  appropriation  hereinbefore  provided  for  by  the  County  Com- 
missioners of  Worcester  County,  in  the  erection  and  equipment 
of  a  public  school  building  at  some  suitable  place  in  Ocean  City 
in  Worcester  County  to  be  by  said  Ocean  City  School  Commis- 
sion approved,  provided  the  same  be  furnished  and  donated  by 
the  Mayor  and  City  Council  of  Ocean  City ;  and  for  that  purpose 
the  said  Mayor  and  City  Council  are  hereby  clothed  with  the 
power  to  condemn  sufficient  grounds  for  such  purpose  irr  the 
manner  that  said  municipality  is  now  authorized  to  condemn 
grounds  for  public  highways,  if  said  Mayor  and  City  Council  of 


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Ocean  City  cannot  agree  on  a  price  therefor  with  the  owner  or 
owners  of  the  site  selected,  and  said  Mayor  and  City  Council  of 
Ocean  City  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  appropriate  and 
levy  a  sufficient  sum  to  pay  for  said  site,  whether  purchased  or 
condemned,  and  if  said  site  is  purchased  a  deed  in  fee  therefor 
shall  be  made  to  the  State  of  Maryland  for  said  site,  free  of  all 
liens  and  encumbrances. 

SEC.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  after  said  site  is 
acquired  by  condemnation  as  aforesaid,  or  after  the  deed  afore- 
said is  passed,  delivered  and  recorded,  if  the  same  is  purchased, 
the  funds  aforesaid,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  shall 
be  subject  to  the  order  of  the  said  Ocean  City  School  Building 
Commission  and  shall  be  used  by  the  said  Ocean  City  School 
Building  Commission  in  the  election  and  equipment  of  a  school 
building  on  the  said  site  under  the  direction  and  supervison  of 
said  Ocean  City  School  Building  Commission,  and  said  Ocean 
City  School  Building  Commission  is  hereby  clothed  with  all  the 
necessary  powers  to  obtain  and  secure,  approve  or  reject,  plans 
and  specifications  for  said  building  and  purchase  suitable  equip- 
ment therefor,  and  to  enter  into  all  necessary  contracts  for  said 
building  and  the  equipment  thereof;  which  said  building  and 
equipment  when  completed  and  accepted  by  said  Ocean  City 
School  Building  Commission  shall  thereafter  be  the  property  of 
the  State  of  Maryland,  and  from  the  first  day  of  September  to  the 
first  day  of  June  in  each  year  shall  be  under  the  supervision  and 
control  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  of  Wor- 
cester County  and  may  be  used  by  the  said  County  School. Com- 
missiners  of  Worcester  County  without  rental  or  charge  for  a 
public  school  at  Ocean  City  as  a  part  of  the  public  school  system 
of  said  County,  subject  to  such  other  school  uses  during  said 
period  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  require  but  not  to 
interfere  with  the  usual  or  orderly  conduct  of  the  said  County 
Public  Schools  at  said  Ocean  City;  and  from  the  first  day  of 
Tune  to  the  first  day  of  September  in  each  year  shall  be  under 
the  supervision  and  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  for 
such  summer  schools,  institutes,  associations  and  other  as- 
semblages of  public  school  teachers  or  other  educational  or  public 
purposes  as  may  be  permitted  or  approved  by  State  Board  of 
Education. 


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SEC.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  after  the  site  for  said 
building  is  acquired  as  aforesaid,  the  said  funds  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary  shall  be  subject  to  the  order  of  the 
said  Ocean  City  School  Building  Commission  by  requisition  as 
needed  from  time  to  time  on  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  of 
Maryland  as  to  the  funds  so  appropriated  by  the  State  and  on 
the  Treasurer  of  Worcester  County  as  to  the  funds  appropriated 
by  the  County  Commissioners  of  Worcester  County;  and  as  to 
the  said  State  funds  the  Comptroller  on  said  requisitions  by  said 
Ocean  City  School  Building  Commission  shall  draw  his  warrant 
on  the  Treasurer  of  Maryland,  who  shall  pay  the  same ;  and  the 
said  funds  shall  at  all  times  be  drawn  from  said  separate  sources 
in  the  same  proportions  as  the  amounts  so  appropriated  bear  to 
each  other. 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Ocean  City 
School  Building  Commission  at  their  first  meeting  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  may  be  practicable  shall  organize  by  the  election  of 
a  Chairman  and  Secretary ;  and  said  Commission  shall  keep  full 
and  complete  minutes  of  their  proceedings  at  all  times,  a  com- 
plete record  of  all  contracts  and  agreements  entered  into  by  them, 
of  all  requisitions  for  money  and  the  purpose  thereof;  which 
records  shall  be  at  all  times  subject  to  inspection  by  the  duly 
authorized  representatives  of  the  State  of  Maryland  and  of  the 
County  Commissioners  of  Worcester  County;  and  shall  make 
detailed  reports  of  their  proceedings  whenever  required  by  the 
State  Comptroller  or  the  County  Commissioners  of  Worcester 
County ;  and  when  said  building  is  completed  and  equipped  shall 
render  a  full  statement  to  the  State  Comptroller  and  the  County 
Commissioners  of  Worcester  County  of  their  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements of  the  funds  hereby  appropriated. 

SEC.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  Acts  or  parts  incon- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed  in  so  far 
as  they  are  inconsistent  herewith. 

SEC.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  take 
effect  from  the  date  of  its  passage. 


OF    MARYLAND  95 

APPROPRIATION  FOR  MARYLAND  NORMAL 
AND  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL. 

CHAPTER  22&— 1914. 

AN  ACT  to  appropriate  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  (5,000) 
to  complete  the  payments  due  for  buildings  constructed  for 
the  use  of  State  Normal  School  No.  3,  for  colored  students, 
now  known  as  the  Maryland  Normal  and  Industrial  School, 
and  located  near  the  town  of  Bowie  in  Prince  George's 
County. 

SECTION  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Mary- 
land, That  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  issue  his  warrant  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  State 
in  favor  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  the 
sum  of  five  thousand  ($5,000)  dollars,  same  to  be  paid  out  of 
any  moneys  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  and  ap- 
plied to  the  final  payment  of  that  amount  still  remaining  unpaid 
for  the  construction  of  buildings  for  State  Normal  School  No. 
3,  near  the  town  of  Bowie,  and  now  known  as  the  Maryland 
Normal  and  Industrial  School. 

SEC.  2.  Be  it  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  from  the  day 
of  its  passage. 

Approved  April  1,  1914. 


BY-LAWS 

Rules    and    Regulations 

for  the  Administration  of  the 

PUBLIC  SCHOOL  SYSTEM 

OF  THE  STATE  OF  MARYLAND 


Adopted  by 

THE   STATE   BOARD   OF   EDUCATION 

February  22,   1905.      Revised  August  29,  1908,  June  29,  1910,  and  August  28,  1912, 
and   Published   by   Authority   of   the   Board 


DEPARTMENT    OF    EDUCATION 


OFFICE    OF    THE 

STATE     BOARD    OF    EDUCATION 

ANNAPOLIS,    MD. 


To  the  Teachers  and  Officials  of  the  Public  Schools  of  Maryland: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  held  August  28, 
1912,  the  following  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  Public  School  System  of  the  State  of  Maryland, 
adopted  February  22,  1905,  were  revised  and  made  consistent 
with  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  1904,  1906,  1908,  19 10  and  1912, 
relating  to  public  education. 

The  course  of  study  for  elementary,  high  and  normal  schools 
is  published  in  a  seperate  pamphlet — the  same  being  a  By-Law  of 
the  Board. 

It  is  a  request  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  that  a  copy 
of  this  pamphlet  shall  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  every  public 
school  teacher  in  the  counties  of  the  State. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

GOV.   PHILLIPS   LEE  GOLDSBOROUGH,  President. 

M.    BATES    STEPHENS,   Secretary, 

THOMAS   H.    LEWIS, 

HENRY   C   LONGNECKER, 

THOMAS   H.    BOCK, 

WILLIAM   T.   WARBURTON, 

JOHN   O.   SPENCER, 

HENRY   SHRIVER, 

State  Board  of  Education. 


By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations. 


ARTICLE  I. 
State  Board  of  Education. 

1.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  hold  regular  meetings 
on  the  last  Wednesday  in  May,  August,  November  and  Febru- 
ary in  every  year,  and  special  meetings  in  pursuance  of  adjourn- 
ment, or  at  the  call  of  the  President,  the  Secretary  or  any  three 
members  of  the  Board. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Board  of  Education: 

a.  To  cause  the  provisions  of  the  school  law  to  be  carried 
into  effect,  and,  if  necessary,  to  institute  legal  proceedings  for 
that  purpose  with  the  advice  of  the  Attorney-General ; 

b.  To  enact  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  proper 
and  efficient  administration  of  the  Public  School  System  not  at 
variance  with  Article  77  of  the  Code  of  Public  General  Laws  of 
Maryland,  which  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  when  enacted 
and  published  shall  have  the  force  of  law ; 

c.  To  suspend  or  remove  any  County  Superintendent  who 
may  be  found  inefficient  in  or  incompetent  for  the  discharge  of 
the  duties  assigned  him  or  guilty  of  such  moral  delinquency  as 
unfits  him  for  the  office  he  holds ; 

d.  To  exercise  a  general  care  and  supervision  of  the  public 
school  interests  of  the  State,  explain  the  true  intent  and  mean- 
ing of  the  School  Law,  decide  without  expense  to  the  parties 
concerned  all  controversies  and  disputes  that  may  arise  under 
it  (and  its  decision  shall  be  final),  act  as  assistants  and  advisers 
of  the  various  County  School   Boards,  and  to  .issue  in  connec- 
tion with  the  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations,  as  a  part  there- 
of, circulars  containing  the  rulings  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation   respecting   the    true   intent   and    meaning   of   the    Public 
School  Law; 

e.  To  make  a  report  to  the  Governor  of  the  State,  annu- 
ally, on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  of  the  condition  of 
the  schools,  a  statement  of  the  apportionment  of  the  school  fund, 


100  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

abstracts  of  County  School  Boards'  reports,  including  receipts 
and  disbursements  of  said  Boards  on  account  of  running  the 
schools,  prescribe  a  uniform  series  of  blanks  for  the  teachers 
and  County  School  Boards,  and  to  require  all  accounts  to  be 
kept  and  returns  to  be  made  according  to  such  forms,  and  to 
issue,  from  time  to  time,  circular  letters  and  pamphlets  to  teach- 
ers and  county  school  officials  on  topics  connected  with  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  schools; 

f.  To  appoint  the  Principal  and  as   many  assistant  teach- 
ers of  each  of  the  State  Normal  Schools  as  may  be  necessary 
and  to  fix  their  salaries,  except  such  as  may  be  fixed  by  law, 
arrange  and  prescribe  a  normal  or  professional  course  for  each 
State    Normal    School   or   Normal    Department    receiving    State 
aid,  and  also  shall  prescribe  the  age  and  scholastic  attainments 
of  students  to  be  admitted  to  the  academic  course,  fill  vacancies 
in  scholarships  to  such  State  Normal  Schools  and  Normal  De- 
partments receiving  State  aid,  to  admit  pay  students  to  such 
State  Normal  Schools  and  Normal  School  Departments  and  to 
act  as  trustees  for  and  supervise  same  in  every  particular. 

g.  To  prescribe  a  course  of  study  for  the  public  schools  of 
the  State,  including  the  High  Schools,  Manual  Training,  Com- 
mercial and  Agricultural  Departments;  examine  candidates  for 
the    office    of   County    Superintendent    when    requested    by    the 
County  School  Board,  and,  when  found  qualified,  to  give  a  cer- 
tificate to  that  effect;  grant  professional  or  life  certificates   to 
teachers  of  long  experience  and   established   reputation,   under 
such  conditions  and  regulations  as  the  State   Board  of  Educa- 
tion may  adopt,  which  shall  be  valid   until  revoked   for  cause, 
and  to  prepare  and  furnish  a  list  of  books  suitable  for  public 
school  libraries ; 

h.  To  receive  and  hold  on  deposit  in  some  banking  insti- 
tution, to  be  selected  by  the  Board,  all  moneys  to  which  it  is 
entitled  by  law,  and  to  disburse  and  pay  out  same  upon  the  or- 
der of  the  Board  by  the  check  of  its  Treasurer  countersigned 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board ;  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all 
donations  or  bequests  of  money  or  personal  property  and  all 
grants  and  devises  of  lands  for  the  benefit  of  any  Normal  School 
or  Normal  Department,  and  carefully  examine  the  applications 
of  all  persons  asking  to  be  placed  on  the  "Teachers'  Retired 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  101 

List,"   deciding  which   applicants   are   worthy   to  be   placed  on 
such  list  to  receive  an  annual  pension. 

3.  An  honorary  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  may 
attend  any  regular  meeting  thereof,  and  shall  have  the  right  to 
be  heard  upon  any  question  affecting  the  interests  of  the  school 
represented  by  him,  but  shall  not  have  the  right  to  be  present 
at  executive  sessions  of  the  Board,  which  sessions  shall  be  at- 
tended only  by  the  active  members  of  the  Board. 


ARTICLE  II. 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education. 

1.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education  is  the  ex- 
ecutive officer  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  is  ex  officio 
a  member  thereof  and  its  Secretary.     He  shall  conduct  the  cor- 
respondence of  the  State  Board,  keep  its  records  and  prepare 
the  Annual  School  Report. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Education : 

a.  To  inform  himself  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  of 
the  condition  of  the  Public  Schools  throughout  the  State,  and 
to  diffuse  information  among  school  officials  and  teachers  as  to 
the  best  methods  of  teaching; 

b.  To  cause  to  be  printed   and  distributed   to  the   Public 
School   Teachers  of  the   State,   each   year,  a  pamphlet  for  the 
proper  observance  of  the  public  school  anniversaries  provided 
by  law,  a  teachers'  manual  of  prescribed  work  for  the  county  in- 
stitute, the  proceedings  of  the  Maryland  State  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation, and  such  other  circulars  and  printed  matter  as  will  en- 
courage  the   work  of  public   instruction   and   promote   its   uni- 
formity; provided  all  bills   for  such   expenditures  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  State  Board  of  Education; 

c.  To  receive  and  present  to  the  State  Board  of  Education 
the  reports  of  the  various  Boards  of  County  School  Commis- 
sioners and  to  examine  said  County  Boards'  statements  of  ex- 
penditures   of   school    funds   and    submit    his   judgment    of   the 
same  to  said  State  Board  of  Education; 


102  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

d.  To   endorse   such    Normal    School   diplomas   from   other 
States  as  he  may  deem  proper,  and  when  so  endorsed  they  shall 
be  legal  certificates  to  teach  in  any  Elementary  Public  School 
of  the  counties  of  the  State  until  revoked ; 

e.  To  arrange  dates  for  Teachers'  Institutes  and  assist  the 
County   Superintendent  in  the  preparation   of  the  program   for 
the  same,  and  to  attend  and  preside  over  said  institutes  when 
in  session,  if  possible,  and  give  instruction ; 

f.  To  visit  annually  the  High  Schools  of  the  State  unless 
the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  designate  a  Principal  of  a 
State  Normal  School  or  one  of  the  Faculty  of  same  for  such 
purpose;  furnish  the  State  Board  of  Education  annually  in  the 
month  of  August  a  list  of  accredited  High  Schools  of  the  State, 
together   with    such   suggestions    for   their   improvement    as    he 
shall  deem  proper,  and  to  supervise  and  inspect  the  work  of  the 
Manual  Training,  Agricultural,  Industrial  and  Commercial  De- 
partments of  approved  High   Schools   of   the   State,   collect  all 
necessary  statistics  pertaining  thereto  and  submit  annually  be- 
fore the  20th  day  of  August  his  report  of   same   to  the   State 
Board  of  Education,  and  shall  attach  to  such  report  a  copy  of 
the  certificate,  required  by  law,  to  be  furnished  the  Comptroller. 

3.  The  Superintendent  shall  nominate  on  or  before  July  31st 
of  each  year,  subject  to  election  or  confirmation  by  the   State 
Board  of  Education,  an  Assistant  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic   Education.      The    said    Assistant    Superintendent    so    nomi- 
nated and  elected  shall  assist  the  State  Superintendent  in  such 
branches  of  his  office  and  field  work  as  may,  in  the  discretion 
of   said   Superintendent,   be   committed    to   him,   and   efficiently 
perform  all  such  clerical  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him  by 
either  said  Superintendent  or  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

4.  Whenever  the  Secretary  to  the  State  Board  of  Education 
shall  be  designated  to  serve  as  its  Treasurer,  he  shall  give  bond 
to  the  said   Board   for  the   faithful  discharge   of  his   duties   as 
Treasurer  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 

5.  The  term  of  services  of  the  Assistant  Superintendent,  and 
also  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board  of  Educatoin,  shall  end  on 
the  31st  day  of  July  of  every  year,  unless  sooner  terminated  for 
cause. 


PUBUC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  1Q3 

6.  The  Treasurer  shall  deposit  all  public  moneys  received  by 
him  in  the  name  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  in  such  in- 
corporated bank  or  banks  as  the  Board  shall  direct.     He  shall 
pay  out  all  moneys  by  check,  countersigned  by  the  Secretary, 
and  no  bills  shall  be  paid  until  approved  by  the  Board  and  or- 
dered to  be  paid,  except  such  fixed  salaries  and  janitors'  wages 
as  shall  be   actually  due.     When  the  money   is  in  hand  these 
salaries  and  wages  shall  be  paid  at  the  end  of  each  month.    The 
Treasurer  shall  keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  moneys  received 
and  disbursed  by  him  and  shall  preserve  the  same  and  all  vouch- 
ers   relating   thereto,    and    shall    deliver   all   such   accounts   and 
vouchers  to  his  successor  in  office ;  and  the  same  shall  be  open, 
at   all   times,   to   inspection   by   members   of   the   Board   or   any 
other  persons  directly  interested  therein. 

7.  The   Treasurer   shall   indicate   in   the   Cash    Book   the  par- 
ticular source  from  which  each  item  of  income  is  received,  and 
shall  keep  separate  accounts  of  the  several  funds  of  which  he 
shall  have  the  custody;  and  no  money  belonging  to  one  fund 
shall   be  applied  to  any  other  purpose  than  the  one  for  which 
it  was  appropriated  without  an  order  from  the  Board.     He  shall 
enter  in  his  Cash  Book  the  purpose  of  each  disbursement,  and 
the  vouchers  for  all  disbursements  shall  likewise  show  the  pur- 
pose of  each  disbursement  separately.     He  shall  have  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Board  at  each  bank  where  any  of  its  moneys  may 
be  deposited   balanced  at  least  once   in  every  six  months  and 
one  of  such  balances  shall  be  made  at  each  of  said  banks  on  the 
31st  day  of  July  in  every  year.     The  bank  books  and  all  vouch- 
ers and  account  books  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  at  the 
end  of  each  fiscal  year  and  at  other  times  when  requested. 

ARTICLE  III. 
Boards  of  County  School  Commissioners. 

1.  The  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  for  each 
county  shall  meet  for  organization  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May 
next  succeeding  their  appointment,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may 
be  during  said  month  of  May,  and  elect  one  of  their  number 
President  of  the  Board,  and  a  person  not  a  member  of  the 
Board  to  serve  as  its  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  County  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Education.  Notices  of  these  elections,  and 


104  BY-LAWS,    RULES     AND     REGULATIONS 

of  any  subsequent  change  of  officers,  signed  by  the  President 
and  Secretary  of  the  Board,  shall  be  sent  forthwith  to  the 
Comptroller  and  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
cation. 

2.  In  counties  where  there  are  more  than  eighty-five  schools, 
the  Board  may,  in  its  discretion,  appoint  a  clerk   and  fix  his 
salary;  and  where  the  number  of  teachers  in  a  county  exceed 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  the  Board  may,  in  its  discretion, 
appoint  an  Assistant  County  Superintendent. 

3.  The  Board  shall  meet  in  regular  session  within  fifteen  days 
after  the  close  of  each  term,  and  at  other  times  in  special  ses- 
sion, in  pursuance  of  adjournment  or  by  call  of  the  President 
or  the  Secretary  or  a  majority  of  the   Board;  provided   every 
member  of  the  Board  shall  have  due  and  timely  notice  of  such 
special   session.      The    days   for    holding   the   regular    quarterly 
meetings  shall  be   determined   by  the   Board  and   made  known 
to  the  public. 

4.  The    rules    generally    adopted    by    deliberative    bodies    for 
their  government  shall  be  observed,  so  far  as  applicable,  by  the 
Boards  of  County  School  Commissioners.     No  motion  or  reso- 
lution (except  a  motion  to  adjourn)   shall  be  declared  adopted 
without  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board,  viz. : 
two  members  when  the  Board  consists  of  three,  and  four  mem- 
bers, when  the  Board  consists  of  six  members. 

5.  The  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  shall  have  the 
general  supervision  and  control  of  all  the  schools  of  their  re- 
spective counties,  and  shall  have  power  to  determine  all  ques- 
tions of  dispute  arising  in  the  administration  of  the  school  law 
in  the  county,  except  in  cases  where  the  power  has  been  other- 
wise specially  delegated.     An  accurate  record  must  be  made  of 
each   case  decided,  in  order  that,  if  an  appeal  be  taken  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  all  facts  may  be  submitted. 

6.  The  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  shall  locate, 
build,   repair   and   furnish   schoolhouses   unless    otherwise   spe- 
cially  provided    by    law;    they   shall    adopt,   purchase,    change, 
when  deemed  expedient,  and  distribute  text-books,  and  furnish 
the  same  free  of  cost  for  use  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State, 
subject  to  the  order  of  said  Boards,  under  such  rules  and  regu- 
lations as  they  may  adopt  for  the  care,  safe-keeping  and  return 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  105 

of  same;  they  shall  award  the  contract  to  furnish  books  to  the 
lowest  responsible  bidder  after  an  opportunity  has  been  given 
for  competitive  bidding,  and  they  shall  fully  set  forth  in  their 
annual  report  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  the  title,  the 
name  of  the  publisher  and  the  net  price  paid  for  each  book. 

7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Com- 
missioners : 

a.  To  appoint  the  Principals  of  all  High  Schools,  and,  after 
advising  with  the  Principal  of  a  school  where  an  assistant  or 
assistants  are  employed,  to  appoint  all  assistant  teachers; 

b.  To  consolidate  schools  when  in  their  judgment  consoli- 
dation is  practicable  and  desirable  and  to  arrange  for  and  pay 
the  necessary  cost  of  transporting  pupils  to  and  from  such  con- 
solidated   schools,    and    determine    what    pupils    shall    thus    be 
transported  at  public  expense; 

c.  To  confirm  or  reject  the  appointments  of  principal  teach- 
ers, to  examine  any  charge  preferred  against  the  moral  charac- 
ter of  any  teacher,  and  fix  the  salaries  of  principal  teachers  and 
assistants ; 

d.  To  appoint  annually,  during  the  month  of  May  and  at 
their  first  meeting  of  that  month,  three   persons,   residents  of 
the  school  district  for  which  appointed,  to  act  as  District  School 
Trustees ; 

e.  To   prevent    the   use   of   school    property   for   any   other 
than   Public  School  purposes  and  school   district  meetings,  un- 
less by  the  written  consent  of  a  majority  of  the  County  School 
Board; 

f.  To  make  an  annual  report  to  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation on,  or  before,  the  first  day  of  September  of  the  condi- 
tion of  the  schools  on  such  blank  forms,  and  containing  such 
statistics,  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  prescribe  or  re- 
quire, and  publish  annually  in  the  month  of  November,  in  such 
manner  and  form  as  they  may  deem  proper,  a  statement  of  re- 
ceipts  and   disbursements,   including  the  moneys  received  and 
disbursed  on  account  of  text-books,  and  a  statement  of  the  in- 
debtedness of  the  Board  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  and  for- 
ward a  copy  to  the  State  Board  of  Education ; 


106  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

g.  To  give  due  notice  in  writing  to  the  County  Commis- 
sioners of  the  amount  needed  to  keep  the  schools  open  at  least 
nine  months,  and  also  the  amount  needed  to  keep  them  open 
ten  months  in  the  year,  and  also  amount  needed  for  building 
new  schoolhouses  and  repairing  old  ones, — these  statements 
to  be  made  separately,  —  furnish  plans  and  drawings  for  all 
new  schoolhouses  to  be  constructed  in  the  county,  and  close 
any  school  which  does  not  maintain  an  average  attendance  of 
ten  pupils  or  maintain  same  in  part  by  private  subscription,  and 
in  part  from  the  school  fund,  rating  a  full  school  at  twenty 
pupils; 

h.  To  select  students  possessing  the  requisite  qualifications 
for  the  free  scholarships  of  the  State  Normal  Schools  and  Nor- 
mal School  Departments  receiving  State  aid,  and  also  to  name, 
wherever  practicable,  alternates  for  these  scholarships,  who  shall 
enjoy  the  scholarship  if  for  any  reason  the  principal  fails  to  use 
same; 

i.  To  select  a  suitable  site  for  a  schoolhouse  in  every  dis- 
trict where  a  new  schoolhouse  is  to  be  built,  or  a  change  of  lo- 
cation in  the  schoolhouse  site  shall  be  deemed  necessary;  pur- 
chase or  receive  donations  of  schoolhouse  sites;  but  in  no  case 
to  build  upon  or  occupy  any  schoolhouse  site,  purchased  or 
donated,  until  a  good  title  to  the  same  shall  have  been  acquired 
in  the  name  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners,  and 
they  are  authorized  to  sell  or  lease  any  lot  or  building  formerly 
owned  for  school  purposes  but  which  may  be  unused  because 
of  consolidation  of  school  districts  or  for  any  other  reason ; 

j.  To  designate  the  respective  schools  under  their  charge 
as  schools  No.  1,  2,  and  3,  and  so  forth,  or  their  respective  elec- 
tion districts; 

k.  To  order  the  payment  of  teachers'  salaries  and  all  in- 
cidental expenses  of  the  schools  then  due  at  the  first  meeting  of 
the  Board  after  the  close  of  the  term.  If  the  funds  on  hand 
are  not  sufficient  for  this  purpose  the  Board  is  authorized  to 
borrow  temporarily  what  may  be  needed,  and  to  give  a  note  for 
the  amount,  signed  by  the  President  and  the  Treasurer; 

1.  To  appoint  qualified  persons  as  instructors  in  the  col- 
ored industrial  schools  or  departments  in  counties  where  same 
have  been  established,  fix  the  salaries  of  said  instructors  and 


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pay  same  and  other  costs  of  said  school  or  department  out  of 
the  special  appropriation  for  that  purpose  and  to  include  in  the 
annual  report  to  be  made  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  a 
full  statement  of  receipts  and  disbursements  of  this  fund; 

m.  To  appoint,  if  deemed  practicable,  one  grade  super- 
visor, and  two  such  supervisors  if  there  shall  be  employed  in 
the  county  one  hundred  and  fifty  teachers,  and  one  additional 
supervisor  for  each  additional  one  hundred  teachers. 

n.  To  appoint  a  capable  person  as  supervisor  of  the  col- 
ored schools,  if  a  colored  industrial  school  is  maintained  in  the 
county,  and  said  county  have  not  less  than  ten  colored  schools 
in  operation,  and  use  one-half  of  the  State  appropriation  for  the 
colored  industrial  school  to  pay  the  salary  of  such  supervisor 
and  his  or  her  travelling  expenses. 

o.  To  present  to  the  County  Commissioners  annually,  thirty 
days  before  making  the  levy  for  schools,  an  itemized  statement 
of  the  cost  of  maintaining  instruction  in  each  high  school  of 
the  county  and  publish  same  in  one  or  more  newspapers  printed 
in  the  county. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

District  School  Trustees. 

1.  The   Board  of  District  School   Trustees  shall   meet  within 
thirty  days  after  their  appointment,  and  at  their  first  meeting 
appoint  a  chairman,  who  shall  be  one  of  their  number,   notice 
of  whose   appointment  shall  at  once  be  sent  to  the   Board  of 
County  School   Commissioners.     The  Principal   Teacher  of  the 
school,  whose  appointment  as  such  shall  have  been  confirmed 
by  the  County  School  Board,  shall  be  ex  officio  secretary  and 
executive  officer  of  the  Board  of  District  School  Trustees. 

2.  They  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  or  affirmation  of 
office  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  before  one  of  the  County 
School   Commissioners,   the   County   Superintendent   or  his   as- 
sistant or  duly  appointed  clerk,  or  before  any  other  officer  duly 
authorized   to   administer  oaths.     No   County   School   Commis- 
sioner,  County   Superintendent,  Assistant   County   Superintend- 
ent or  Clerk  to  the   County   School   Board   shall   charge  or  re- 
ceive any  fee  for  administering  any  oath. 


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3.  They   shall   have    the   care   of   all   houses   and    lands   con- 
nected therewith  intended  for  school  purposes,  also  of  the  fur- 
niture, apparatus  and  other  school  property;  they  shall  attend 
to  all  repairs,  first  notifying  the  Board  of  County  School  Com- 
missioners  of  the   repairs   needed   and   submitting   an   estimate 
of  the  cost  of  the  same,  and,  when  the  estimate  is  approved  by 
the  County  School  Board,  the  Trustees  shall  have  the  repairs 
made,  or  the  work  may  be  ordered  to  be  done  by  the  County 
Superintendent;  but  the  cost  of  glazing,   necessary  whitewash- 
ing and  the  securing  of  doors   and  windows   may  be  charged 
among  the  incidental,  sanitary  and  repair  expenses  of  the  school, 
provided  the  total  cost  does  not  exceed  five  dollars  in  any  one 
term,  and  the  teacher  shall  inclose  with  his  report  an  itemized 
bill   of  such   expenses   for '  the   approval   of   the   County   School 
Board. 

4.  The  Trustees  shall  appoint  and  employ  a  Principal  Teacher 
from  among  those  persons  who  hold  a  legal  certificate,  which 
appointment  shall  be  reported  to  the  County  School  Board  for 
confirmation  on  the  required  blank  form  and  to  be  signed  by  a 
majority  of  the  Trustees. 

5.  Principal   Teachers  who  have  been   duly   appointed,  and 
their  appointments  confirmed  by  the  County  School  Board,  may 
be  removed  at  any  time  by  the  Board  of  District  School  Trustees 
by  their  giving  the  Teacher  thirty   days'  notice   in   writing  of 
dismissal,  provided  the  District  School  Trustees,  or  a  majority 
thereof,  shall  furnish  in  writing  the  reasons  for  such  dismissal 
when  asked  for  by  the  Teacher  so  notified ;  and  provided  further, 
that   the    demand   for   such   reasons   be   made   by   the   Teacher 
within  ten  days  from  the  time  of  receiving  such  written  notice 
of  dismissal ;  an  appeal  from  the  action  of  the  Board  of  District 
School  Trustees  may  be  taken  by  the  Teacher  to  the  County 
School   Board  within  ten   days  after  he  or  she  shall  have   re- 
ceived  such    reasons   or   charges   in   writing.      The    reasons    or 
charges  given  by  the  Trustees  must  be  specific  and  the  action 
of  the  County  School  Board  in  the  premises  shall  be  final. 

6.  They  shall  have  general  supervision  over  their  respective 
schools  and   shall   visit   them   frequently.     They   shall   see   that 
every  schoolhouse  site  is  provided  with  suitable  outbuildings, 
which  shall  be  kept  in  good  repair  and  condition. 


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7.  In  case  of  neglect  of  duty,  or  refusal  to  act,  on  the  part 
of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  District  School  Trustees,  or 
any  of  them,  their  places  shall  be  declared  vacant  by  the  Board 
of  County  School  Commissioners,  who  shall  fill  the  same. 


ARTICLE  V. 

County  Superintendent. 

1.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Education,  who  shall 
also  be  the   Secretary  and  Treasurer   of  the  Board  of  County 
School  Commissioners,  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his  office 
on  the  first  day  of  August  ensuing  his  election  (unless  appointed 
to  fill  out  an  unexpired  term),  by  taking  the  oath  of  office  pre- 
scribed   by    the    Constitution    before   the    Clerk    of   the    Circuit 
Court  of  the  county  for  which  he  shall  be  appointed. 

2.  The  County  Superintendent,  as  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of 
the   Board   of   County   School   Commissioners,   shall   give   bond 
to  the  State  of  Maryland  in  such  penal  sum  as  the  Board  may 
determine,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  perform  the  duties 
of   Secretary   and   Treasurer,   pay   over   and   apply   all   moneys 
that  shall  come  into  his  hands  or  care,  as  Treasurer,  to  such 
persons  and  in  such  manner  as  said  Board  may  lawfully  direct ; 
that  he  will  keep  a  full  account  of  all  moneys  received  and  paid 
out   by   him   and   preserve   the   same   and   all   vouchers   relating 
thereto,    and    deliver    all    books    and    vouchers    relating    to    his 
office  to  his  successor;  which  bond  shall  be  signed  by  the  Sec- 
retary   and   Treasurer   and   by   two    good    sureties,    or   by    any 
bonding,  deposit  or  trust  company  of  Maryland,  having  by  law 
the  power  to  act  as  such  surety,  which  said  bond  shall  be  ap- 
proved  by   the   Board   and  filed   with   the   Clerk  of  the   Circuit 
Court. 

3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Superintendent,  as  Sec- 
retary  and  -Treasurer   of  the   Board,   to   attend   every   meeting 
of   the    Board   of   County    School    Commissioners   and    to   keep 
an  accurate  minute  of  the  proceedings,  and,  after  the  same  shall 
have  been  duly  approved  by  the  Board,  to  record  said  minutes 
or  proceedings  in  a  well-bound  book  to  be  kept  for  the  purpose. 


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The  record  book  of  the  proceedings  shall  be  indexed  for  easy 
reference  and  shall  be  accessible  to  any  member  of  the  Board  or 
to  any  other  interested  person. 

4.  As  Secretary  he  shall  carefully  file  and  safely  keep  all  let- 
ters, written  reports  and  other  papers  relating  to  the  office  or 
the  business  of  the  Board,  and  all  the  correspondence  pertaining 
thereto. 

5.  He   shall   prepare,  on  proper  blank   forms,   and   submit  to 
the  County  School   Commissioners  for  their  consideration   and 
approval,  the  annual  report  to  the  State   Board  of  Education, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  of  each  year. 

6.  He  shall  notify  the  Comptroller  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
day  of  January  of  each  year  how  many  months  the  schools  of 
the  county  have  been  kept  open  during  the  calendar  year  ending 
December  31st  next  preceding. 

7.  He  shall  receipt  for  all  moneys  received,  and  deposit  the 
same    in   some    incorporated    bank    to    his    credit   as    Treasurer 
of   the    Board    of    County    School    Commissioners,    keeping    an 
accurate  account  of  the  same,  and  distinguishing  the  particular 
source  from  which  each  item  is  received,  and  he  shall  disburse 
the  same  by  check,  under  the  order  of  the   Board,  for  which 
he   shall   take   receipts  showing  the   purpose   of   each   disburse- 
ment separately  and  file  same  among  the  papers  of  the  office. 
The  Free  School  Book  Fund  and  all  special  appropriations  must 
be   kept   separately  from  the    General    School    Fund   and   these 
funds  cannot  be  used  for  any  other  purpose    than   the    one   for 
which  the  appropriation  was  made. 

8.  He  shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  public  school  business, 
and  shall  not  engage  in  any  profession,  occupation  or  employ- 
ment which   will   prevent  him   from   so   doing.      He   shall   take 
charge  of  and  keep  open  the  office  of  the  Board  during  business 
hours  on   such   days   in   every   week   as   the   Board   may   direct, 
of   which    days   public   notice   shall   be    given;   but   in   counties 
where  there  is  a  Clerk  to  the  Board  or  an  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent the  office  of  the  Board  shall  be  kept  open  during  busi- 
ness hours  daily,  as  far  as  practicable. 

9.  On  vacating  his  office  he  shall  deliver  his  books,  vouchers 
and  all  official  papers  to  his  successor  in  office.     All  books  of 


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account  and  record  shall  be  completed  and  posted  up  to  and 
including  date  of  leaving  the  office,  and  no  salary  shall  be  paid 
until  this  provision  has  been  complied  with. 

10.  He    shall    hold    annual    examinations    for    applicants    for 
Teachers'   Certificates    in   the   presence   of   at   least   one   of   the 
County    School   Commissioners   or   one   of  the   District   School 
Trustees,  at  such  time  and  place  as  the  County  School  Board 
may   direct,  of  which   due   notice   shall   be   given   in   the   news- 
papers ;   and    no   other   or   special   examination   for   such    appli- 
cants   shall   be   held    without   the   special   order   of   the    School 
Board;  but  an  examination  may  be  continued  or  adjourned  by 
the    County    Superintendent.      The    examination    for    Teachers' 
Certificates  shall  be  in  writing,  and  the  papers  of  all  applicants 
shall  be  preserved  and  duly  filed  for  two  years,  subject  to  in- 
spection  of   the   County   School    Board   or   the    State    Board   of 
Education.     The  percentage  of  questions  correctly  answered  in 
each   branch   shall   be   marked   on   the   examination   papers   and 
recorded   in   a   book  kept   for   that   purpose,   and   any   applicant 
for   a   Teacher's    Certificate,    when    so   ordered    by    the    County 
School   Board,   may   inspect   his   or   her   examination   papers   in 
the    presence   of   the    County    Superintendent    or    the    Assistant 
County  Superintendent. 

11.  He  shall  issue  Teachers'  Certificates  to  the  persons  enti- 
tled to  receive  them  under  and  by  direction  of  the  County  School 
Board,  but  no  certificate  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  with- 
out satisfactory  proof  of  his  or  her  good  moral  character,  nor 
to  any  male  under  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  or  to  any  female 
under    eighteen   years    of   age,    or    to    any    person    addicted    to 
the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors.     Certificates  thus   issued  shall 
continue   in    force    for   six   months,    unless    sooner    revoked    for 
cause,  unless  the  County  Superintendent  shall  have  become  sat- 
isfied from  personal  observation  of  the  teacher's  ability  to  gov- 
ern a  school  and  to  impart  instruction  in  the  various  branches 
taught  in  the  public  schools.     When  he  shall  have  been  satis- 
fied  in   regard   to   these   matters   he   shall   issue  a   certificate  or 
endorse  the  one  already  issued,  which  may  be  good  for  five  years, 
unless  sooner  revoked  for  cause;  but  a  person,  holding  a  cer- 
tificate,  who   fails   to   obtain   a  school   within  six   months   after 
the  issuance  of  the  same,  shall  not  be  required  to  pass  another 


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examination  for  fifteen  months  from  the  date  of  the  granting 
of  the  certificate.  Certificates  of  the  first  grade,  or  first  class 
of  the  second  grade  may  be  renewed  with  or  without  an  exami- 
nation at  the  order  of  the  County  School  Board,  but  certificates 
of  the  second  or  third  class  of  the  second  grade  shall  not  be 
renewed  beyond  five  years  without  the  approval  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education.  The  County  Superintendent  shall  not  be 
allowed  to  make  any  charge  or  receive  any  fee  for  issuing  or 
renewing  any  certificate. 

12.  He   shall   visit  the   schools   of  his   county   three   times   in 
each  year  if  the  teachers  number  sixty  or  less  ;  twice  in  each 
year  if  they  number  more  than  sixty  and  less  than  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five,  and  once  in  each  year  if  there  be  more  than 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  teachers.     But  in  counties  where 
there  is  an  Assistant,  such  Assistant  may  visit  the  schools  when 
necessary  by   direction   of  the   County   Superintendent,   and   all 
schools  of  said  county   should  be   visited   twice   in   each   year. 
He  shall  observe   the  methods  of  the   teachers  and  give  them 
such  practical  suggestions  as  circumstances   may  prompt.     He 
shall  examine  the  pupils  in  the  schools  as  to  their  proficiency 
in  the  work  of  the  grades  to  which  they  have  been  assigned,  in- 
quire   into    all    matters   of    discipline    and    management    of    the 
schools   and    advise    and   assist   the    teacher    in    regulating    the 
same  according  to  law. 

13.  He  shall  prepare  and  furnish  the  teacher  of  the  county 
a  course  of  study  conforming  to  the  Course  of  Study  prescribed 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  the  public  schools  of  the 
State  and  adapted  to  the  text-books  used  in  his  county ;  and 
shall  cause  the  schools  to  be  graded  and  organized  to  conform 
to  the  requirements  of  said  course  of  study. 

14.  He  shall,  in  his  official  visits  to  the  schools,  examine  the 
condition  of  the  schoolhouses,  school  grounds,  fences,  outbuild- 
ings, furniture  and  text-books,  and  shall  suggest   methods  for 
improving  and   beautifying  the   school   grounds,   warming   and 
ventilating  the  schoolhouses,  decorating  the  school  walls,  form- 
ing school  libraries ;  and  he  shall  make  a  memorandum  of  the 
condition    of    each    schoolhouse,    the    furniture    therein    and    of 
the  outbuildings  and  fences  connected  therewith,  in  his  official 


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Note  Book,  which  he  shall  carry  with  him  for  the  purpose,  which 
record  shall  be  preserved  among  the  records  of  the  office  for  the 
information  of  the  members  of  the  County  School  Board  or  other 
persons  directly  interested. 

15.  He  shall  cause  to  be  held  twice  in  each  scholastic  year 
an  examination  of  pupils  in  the  various  branches  of  their  grades. 
The  first  examination  shall  be   held  in  the  month  of  January 
and  the  questions  for  same  shall  be  prepared  by  the  County 
Superintendent,   or   at  his   direction,  by  the   teachers,  provided 
a  copy  of  such  questions  prepared  by  the  teachers  shall  be  sent 
to   the   County   Superintendent  within  six  days  from  the  close 
of   the    examination.      The    second    examination    of   pupils,    for 
promotion,  shall  be  held  the  last  week  of  the  school  year,  or 
the   week   preceding,    and    the    questions    for   this   examination 
shall   be   prepared   by   the   County   Superintendent   and   sent   to 
each  Principal  Teacher  in  due  time,  and  the  same  shall  not  be 
opened  by  the  teacher  until  the  day  for  beginning  the  exami- 
nation.    The  results  of  the  examination  and  all  promotions  of 
pupils   must  be   made   on  proper  blank  forms  and  sent  to  the 
County  Superintendent  with  report  for  Summer  Term. 

16.  He  shall  organize  once  in  each  year  a  five-days'  Teachers' 
Institute,  the  same  to  be  held  at  such  time  as  the  State  Super- 
intendent may  fix,  and  at  such  place  as  may  be  selected  by  the 
President  of  the  County  School  Board. 

17.  The    County    Superintendent   shall    send   to    each    teacher 
in  actual   employment,  two  weeks  before  time  for  holding  the 
institute,   a   program   of   same ;   but   such   teachers   as   attended 
during  the   preceding  summer   recess;  a  summer  school   for  at 
least  six  weeks,  may  be  excused   from   attending  the  institute. 
Teachers   are    required    to    attend    these    institutes,   and   failure 
to  attend,  unless  excused  by  the  County  School  Board,  on  ac- 
count of  sickness  or  by  reason  of  attendance  upon  a  summer 
school   as  hereinbefore  provided,   will  be  attended  by  a  reduc- 
tion of  salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  County  School  Board.    At  these 
County   Institutes   the   County   Superintendent  shall   preside,   if 
for   any    reason    the    State    Superintendent   cannot    attend,    and 
shall   make  such   suggestions  and  give  such  talks  from  day   to 
day  as  he  may  consider  important  for  the  purpose  of  increas- 
ing the  efficiency  of  the  schools  and  improving  the  work  of  the 


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teacher.  He  shall  report  to  the  County  School  Board  the  names 
of  all  teachers  who  are  absent  from  the  institute.  He  may  also 
organize  one  or  more  Teachers'  Associations,  which  may  meet 
at  least  three  times  a  year,  encourage  the  work  of  the  Mary- 
land State  Teachers'  Reading  Circle  and  shall  supervise  any 
Manual  or  Industrial  Training  School  organized  in  his  county. 

18.  He  shall  make  himself  familiar  with  the  Public  School 
Law  of  the  State  and  the  By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education.  By  the  acceptance  of  the  office 
he  binds  himself  to  the  observance  of  all  the  provisions  which 
regulate  his  office  and  prescribe  his  duties.  In  cases  of  doubt 
he  should  apply  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  as  the  author- 
ized interpreter  of  the  law. 


ARTICLE  VI. 
Teachers. 

1.  Every  teacher  on  his  first  appointment  and  before  entering 
on  the  duties  of  his  office  shall  take  the  following  oath  of  office, 
a  copy  of  which  shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  County  School 
Board : 

I, ,  having  been  appointed  a  teacher  in 

the  public  school  of County,  State  of  Mary- 
land, do  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  obey  the  School  Law  of 
the  State  of  Maryland  and  all  rules  and  regulations  touching  my 
position  as  teacher,  passed  in  pursuance  thereof  by  the  proper 
authority;  that  I  will,  to  the  best  of  my  skill  and  judgment, 
diligently  and  faithfully,  without  partiality  or  prejudice,  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  said  county, 
including  attendance  on  Teachers'  Institutes  and  Associations 
when  legally  called  thereto,  and  will  honestly  and  correctly  make 
quarterly  and  other  reports  when  required  by  law  or  the  school 
authorities  of  said  county  to  do  so. 


Teacher. 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  H5 

State   of   Maryland, County,   to   wit : 

Sworn  (or  affirmed)  before  the  subscriber 

by teacher,  who  in  my 

presence  has  thereto  set name  this 

day  of 19.... 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  teachers  to  have  the  schoolrooms 
swept,  dusted  and  ventilated  every  day,  and  warmed  when  nec- 
essary, at  least  fifteen  minutes  before  the  hour  of  opening,  and 
to  see  that  the  house  is  kept  clean  and  comfortable  at  all  times. 
They  shall  organize  and  conduct  their  schools  according  to  the 
schedule  in  Article  VIII,  Section  7,  and  shall  give  their  undi- 
vided  attention   to   the   pupils   during   the   whole   of   the   school 
hours.     Pupils  and  teachers  are  prohibited  from  using  tobacco 
in  any  form  on  the  school  premises  during  school  hours. 

3.  They  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  them- 
selves and  of  each  pupil  in  the  register  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose.    This   register  shall   be   preserved   in   good  condition  and 
submitted  to  the  inspection  of  the  County   Superintendent,  the 
Trustees  and  the  Commissioners,  whenever  desired. 

4.  They  shall  make  a  term   report  to   the   School   Board   (on 
forms   provided   for   that   purpose,   and    approved   by   the   State 
Board),   and   shall   fill   up   accurately   all    the   blanks,  -so   far   as 
applicable  to  each  particular  school.     They  shall  swear  or  affirm 
to  this  report  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  or  a  School  Com- 
missioner,  if   required -by   the   By-Laws   of   the   County   School 
Board ;    they   shall    have    it   endorsed   by   at   least    two    School 
Trustees ;  and  shall  deliver  it  to  the  County  Superintendent  at 
least    three    days    before    the    stated    quarterly    meeting    of    the 
Board. 

5.  No    teacher    shall    receive    payment    for   services    until    the 
registers  are  properly  filled  up,  and  reports  made  and  delivered 
as  required  by  law. 

6.  No   person   shall   act   as   a   substitute   for  a   teacher   unless 
holding  a  Teacher's  Certificate,  and  then  only  with  the  written 
consent  of  the  Trustees,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  teacher's 
report.    In  case  a  disqualified  person  acts  as  substitute,  no  salary 
shall  be  paid  for  that  time. 


116  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

7.  For   each   day's    absence   from    school,   without   good   and 
sufficient   reasons   stated  in  the   quarterly   report   and   accepted 
by  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners,  the  teacher  shall 
forfeit  the  proportionate  amount  of  salary  for  the  time  so  lost. 
Every  teacher  regularly   employed,   who  shall   submit   satisfac- 
tory proof  of  same  to  the  County  School  Board,  shall  be  allowed 
not  more  than  twenty  days  for  the  school  year  for  actual  sick- 
ness ;  and  the  County  School  Board  shall  pay  to  said  teacher, 
for  the  number  of  days  thus  lost,  not  less  than  one-half  of  the 
amount  of  salary  received  by  him  or  her  when  in  actual  service. 
Any  time  lost  by  the  teacher,  whether  from  sickness  or  any  other 
cause,  shall  not  be  made  up  by  teaching  on  Saturdays  or  legal 
holidays,  or  at  extra  hours.     The  days  of  absence  and  causes 
therefor  shall  be  noted  in  the  quarterly  report,  and  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  County  School  Board  shall  keep  a  correct  statement 
of  same  in  an  appropriate  record  book. 

8.  Every  teacher  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  books  belong- 
ing to  the  school  furnished  each  pupil  for  use,  and  shall  require 
the  return  of  the  same  when  the  child  leaves  school.     Teachers 
will  be  held  responsible  for  the  safe-keeping  and  good  condi- 
tion of  the  books  and  stationery  belonging  to  the  schools. 

9.  Any  teacher  who   shall   refuse   to  vacate  his  school   when 
legally  notified  of  his  suspension  or  dismissal  by  the  Trustees 
or  County  School  Board,  shall  forfeit  all  claim  for  compensation 
for  services  during  the  term  in  which  such  suspension  or  dis- 
missal shall  take  place,  and  be  thereafter  ineligible  to  any  school 
under  the  control  of  the  Board,  unless  reinstated  by  the  County 
School  Board. 

10.  Every  teacher  shall  furnish  to  the  County  School  Board 
an  inventory  of  the  books  and  stationery  belonging  to  the  Board 
which  are  in  the  school  at  the  expiration  of  each  school  year. 

11.  All  contracts  with  teachers  shall  be  in  writing,  and  shall 
be  signed  by  the  Board  of  District  School  Trustees,  or  a   ma- 
jority of  them,  and  by  the  teacher ;  said  contracts  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  for  con- 
firmation, and  shall  not  be  valid  unless  confirmed.     The  follow- 
ing shall  be  the  form  of  contract  and  no  other  form  shall  be 
legal : 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  H7 

Teacher's  Contract. 

STATE  OF  MARYLAND,  COUNTY  OF 19. ... 

It  is  hereby  agreed  by  and  between  the  District  School  Trus- 
tees of  School  No ,  District  No ,  and 

.    that   the   said 

shall  be  and is  hereby  appointed  to  teach  at  said 

school,  subject  to  the  confirmation  and  requirements  of  the  Board 

of  County  School  Commissioners  of County, 

and  to  the  provisions  of  the  Public  School  Laws  of  the  State 
of  Maryland,  and  at  such  salary  as  the  said  Board  of  County 
School  Commissioners  may  direct ;  provided,  however,  that  no 
white  teachers  regularly  employed  in  a  public  school  of  said 
State,  having  an  average  attendance  of  ten  pupils  or  more, 
shall  receive  as  a  salary  less  than  three  hundred  dollars  per 
school  year;  and  provided  further,  that  all  white  teachers,  hold- 
ing a  first  class  Teachers'  Certificate,  who  have  taught  for  a 
period  of  three  years  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of  said  State, 
shall  receive  as  a  salary  not  less  than  three  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  school  year;  that  all  such  teachers,  who  have  taught 
in  said  schools  for  a  period  of  five  years,  shall  receive  as  a  salary 
not  less  than  four  hundred  dollars  per  school  year;  that  all  such 
teachers,  who  have  taught  in  said  schools  for  a  period  of  eight 
years,  shall  receive  as  a  salary  not  less  than  four  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  per  school  year,  and  that  all  white  teachers  hold- 
ing a  second  class  Teachers'  Certificate,  who  have  taught  in  said 
public  schools  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  shall  receive  as  a 
salary  not  less  than  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  school 
year;  and  provided  further  that  the  provisions  of  Ch.  759,  Acts 
1914,  affecting-  the  salary  of  trained  teachers  be  complied  with. 

The  said on 

part,  hereby  accepts  said  appointment,  to  take  effect  on  the 
day  of 19 

This  contract  shall  continue  from  term  to  term,  and  from 
year  to  year,  subject  to  revocation  at  any  time  by  either  of 
the  parties  hereto,  on  giving  to  the  other  party  thirty  days' 
notice,  in  writing,  to  that  effect,  and  similar  notice  of  such  re- 
vocation must  also  be  given  to  the  said  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners. 

If  from  any  cause  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 
should  decide  to  close  said  school,  then  this  agreement  may  be 
terminated  by  said  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  at 
any  time. 


118  BY-LAWS,     RULES     AND     REGULATIONS 

Witness  our  hands: 
(At  least  two  Trustee?  must  sign.) 


Trustees. 


Teacher. 
The  above  contract  is  hereby   ratified  and  confirmed   by   the 

Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  of 

County,  this day  of ,  19 

Attest : 


Secretary. 

Form  of  Dismissal. 

State  of  Maryland,  County  of , 19. .. 

To 

Teacher  of  Public  School  No ,  Election  District  No 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  your  services  as  teacher  of  the 

aforesaid  school  will  not  be  required  after  the 

day  of ,  19.  .  .  .,  said  day  being  not  less  than 

thirty  days  from  the  date  hereof. 
(At  least'two  Trustees  must  sign.) 


Trustees. 

12.  If  a  teacher  wishes  to  vacate  his  school,  thirty  days'  notice 
in  writing  must  be  given  to  the  Trustees  and  also  to  the  County 
School  Board,  except  in  cases  of  emergency,  of  which  the  School 
Board  must  judge.     If  any  teacher  leaves  without  giving  such 
notice,  he  shall  forfeit  the  salary  already  accrued  for  the  cur- 
rent term. 

13.  Immediately   on   the    termination   of    the    scholastic   year, 
or   on   the   teacher's   vacating   the   school,    he    shall    secure    the 
schoolhouse,  and  shall  deliver  the  keys  thereof  and   all  school 
property  in  his  charge  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  District 
Trustees  or  to  one  of  the  School   Commissioners,  taking  a  re- 
ceipt therefor. 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  H9 

14.  No  person  is  eligible  to  appointment  as  teacher  or  sub- 
stitute  without  having  one   of   the  several  certificates  to  teach 
as  enumerated  in  Section  6  of  Article  VII.     The  minimum  legal 
age   of   men    teachers    is    nineteen   years ;   of   women   teachers, 
eighteen  years. 

15.  Teachers  shall  attend  the  Teachers'  Institute  and  County 
and  District  Teachers'  Association  when  ordered  by  the  proper 
authority,  under  such  penalty  as  the  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners   may  prescribe. 

16.  Every  teacher  is  expected  and  required  to  make  himself 
acquainted   with    the    By-Laws,    Rules   and    Regulations    of    the 
State   Board  of   Education,   and   of  the   Board  of  School   Com- 
missioners of  his  county,  and  to  bear  in  mind  that  by  accept- 
ing employment  he  voluntarily  undertakes  to  discharge  the  du- 
ties imposed  or  implied  therein.     Any  voluntary  neglect  or  vio- 
lation of  said   By-Laws  is  therefore  a  breach  of  contract,   and 
may  lead  to  termination   of  the   engagement   or   to   the   annul- 
ment of  his  certificate. 

17.  The  Principal  Teacher  of  every  school,  when  the  appoint- 
ment has  been  confirmed   by  the   County   School   Board,  is  ex 
officio  the   Secretary  of  the   Board   of  District   School  Trustees. 
He   shall  keep   an   accurate   record  of  the  proceedings  of  each 
meeting  in  an  appropriate  record  book,  which  shall  be  inspected 
by  the  County  Superintendent  when  visiting  the  schools. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Teachers'  Certificates. 

1.  The  issuing,  grading  and  renewal  of  certificates  of.  qualifi- 
cation as  Public  School  Teachers,  to  persons  applying  for  same 
in  any  county,  are  in  the  discretion  of  the  County  Superintend- 
ent under  the  provisions  of  law. 

2.  The  certificates  issued  by  each  County  Superintendent  shall 
be  numbered  and  registered  in   a  book   provided  for   that  pur- 
pose and  shall  be  arranged  by  the  County  Superintendent,  un- 
der the  sanction  of  the  County   School   Board,  as  First  Grade, 
First   Class;   First    Grade,    Second   Class;   Second   Grade,   First 
Class;  Second  Grade,   Second  Class;  and   Second  Grade,  Third 
Class.     The  grade  shall  be  determined,  as  required  by  law,  by 
the  scholastic  qualifications  of  the  Teacher;  but  the  class  shall 


120  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

be  determined  by  the  professional  ability  and  skill  of  the  Teacher 
as  exhibited  in  the  schoolroom,  and  observed  and  vouched  for 
by  the  County  Superintendent.  Certificates  issued  by  the  Prin- 
cipal of  a  State  Normal  School,  or  the  Normal  Department  of 
Washington  College,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  provisions. 
When  the  diplomas  of  graduates  of  the  State  Normal  Schools, 
or  the  Normal  Department  of  Washington  College,  shall  have 
affixed  to  them  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  they 
shall  be  accepted  as  First  Grade,  First  Class  Certificates  for  a 
period  of  five  years,  after  which  time  the  same  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  classification  by  the  Superintendent  of  the  county  where 
the  Teacher  is  employed ;  but  the  Teacher  shall  have  the  right 
of  appeal  from  the  action  of  the  County  Superintendent  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education. 

3.  Certificates  of  the  First  Grade  shall  certify  that  the  Teacher 
has  been   examined  in   Orthography,   Reading,   Writing,   Arith- 
metic, Geography,  United  States  and  General  History,  English 
Grammar,    Bookkeeping,   Algebra,    Natural    Philosophy,    Physi- 
ology, Plane  Geometry   (four  books),  National  and  State  Con- 
stitutions, Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching,  the  Laws  and  By- 
Laws   of  the  Public  School  System  of   Maryland,   Elements  of 
Agriculture;  and  those  of  the  Second  Grade  shall  certify  that 
the  Teacher  has  been  examined  in  Orthography,  Reading,  Writ- 
ing, Arithmetic,  Geography,  United  States  History,  History  of 
Maryland,    English    Grammar,    Constitutions    of   United    States 
and   Maryland,  Algebra    (to   Quadratics),  Theory  and   Practice 
of  Teaching,  Physiology,  the  Laws  and  By-Laws  of  the  Public 
School  System  of  Maryland,  and  Elements  of  Agriculture. 

4.  Teachers  who  have  taught  seven  years,  five  of  which  shall 
have  been  spent  in   the  public  schools  of   Maryland,   and   hold 
a  First  Class  Certificate,  may  apply  to  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation for  a  Life  Certificate.     They  must  file  with  their  applica- 
tions  the   unanimous   recommendation  of  the   Board   of   School 
Commissioners   and   the   County   Superintendent  of   the   county 
where  they  have  last  taught.     The  County  Superintendent  must 
forward  to  the  State  Board,  if  required,  the  examination  papers 
of  the  last  examination  taken  by  the  applicant  for  a  Teacher's 
Certificate.     If  the  State  Board  favorably  considers  the  applica- 
tioa,  they  shall  name  two  County  Superintendents,  who,  with 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  121 

the  State  Superintendent,  shall  prepare  an  examination — unless 
waived  by  the  State  Board  of  Education — the  result  of  which 
shall  be  reported  to  the  State  Board  at  its  next  meeting.  Ap- 
plications for  Life  Certificates  shall  be  considered  only  at  the 
February  meeting  of  the  Board,  and  examinations  will  be  held 
only  once  in  each  year.  Those  obtaining  Life  Certificates  shall 
be  accepted  by  all  County  Superintendents  without  further  ex- 
amination as  teachers  of  the  grade  named  in  the  certificate; 
provided,  that  the  Certificate  thus  issued  shall  be  accepted 
as  First  Class  for  a  period  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  its  is- 
sue, after  which  it  shall  be  subject  to  classification  by  the 
County  Superintendent. 

5.  There  shall  be  held  annually  on  Thursday,  Friday  and  Sat- 
urday, next  succeeding  the  date  of  the  regular  quarterly  meet- 
ing of  the  State  Board  of  Education  in  the  month  of  August, 
an  examination  for  State  or  Life  Certificates,  which  examina- 
tion shall   embrace  the  subjects  of  the   Normal  Course  of  the 
Normal  School  Curriculum.     The  place  for  holding  the  exam- 
ination will  be  in  Annapolis  in  the  office  of  the  Department  of 
Education.      The   questions   for  this   examination   shall   be   pre- 
pared by  the  State  Superintendent,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  conducted  by  said  Superin- 
tendent>  with  such  assistance  as  may  be  given  him  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education. 

6.  No  person  shall  be  employed  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Public 
Schools  of  Maryland  unless  such  a  person  shall  hold: 

(a)  A    certificate    issued    by    the    County    Superintendent 
where  he  or  she  proposes  to  teach. 

(b)  A  certificate  from  a  Principal  of  a  State  Normal  School 
or  of  the  Principal  of  the  Normal  Department  of  Washington 
College. 

(c)  A  diploma  of  a  State  Normal   School  of  Maryland  or 
of  the  Normal  Department  of  Washington  College. 

(d)  A  Normal  School  diploma  of  another  State  endorsed 
by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education. 

(e)  A  certificate  from  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

(f)  If  a  special  high  school  teacher,  as  provided  by  Chapter 
386  of  the  Acts  of  1910,  a  certificate  of  proficiency  in  such  sub- 
jects as  they  are  required  to  teach ;  same  to  be  approved  by  both 


122  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

the  State  and  County  Superintendent.  In  case  any  such  in- 
structor does  not  hold  such  a  certificate,  he  or  she  shall  take 
such  an  examination  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent and  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

(g)  A  diploma  of  a  reputable  college  or  university  when  the 
holder  has  completed  a  standard  course  for  a  collegiate  degree 
and  has  taken,  with  the  major  subjects  of  the  junior  and  senior 
years,  the  following  course  in  pedagogy : 

JUNIOR  YEAR. 

Course  A. — General  History  of  Education,  embracing  a  review 
of  the  most  eminent  educational  theories,  and  sys- 
tems of  ancient  and  modern  times.  First  term. 
Twice  a  week. 

Course  B. — Psychology.  The  content  and  development  of  mind, 
studied  with  the  special  view  to  comprehending  the 
art  of  teaching,  as  based  on  a  knowledge  of  the 
child.  Second  term.  Four  times  a  week. 

Course  C. — Special  Method  Review  of  Elementary  English, 
Geography  and  Arithmetic,  and  a  study  of  meth- 
ods and  devices  used  in  teaching  these  branches. 
Throughout  the  year.  Three  times  a  week. 

Course  D. — Drawing,  Music,  Elocution,  and  Physical  Training. 
Once  a  week  in  each  of  the  subjects  named 
throughout  the  year. 

SENIOR  YEAR. 

Course  E. — General  Method.     The  Philosophy  of  Teaching.     A 
study  of  the   psychological  and  pedagogical  princi- 
ples   upon    which    teaching   is    based.     First    term. 
Twice    a    week    for    at    least    eighteen    consecutive 
weeks. 

Course  F. — School  Organization  and  Discipline.  This  course 
comprises  methods  of  supervising  and  managing 
schools,  teachers  and  pupils;  courses  of  study  and 
programs,  based  on  Maryland  Teachers'  Manual 
and  Course  of  Study ;  sanitation ;  play  grounds ; 
text-books ;  supplies  and  apparatus.  Second  term. 
Twice  a  week  for  at  least  eighteen  consecutive 
weeks. 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  123 

Course  G. — School  Law.    This  course  treats  of  the  duties  of  the 
teacher  as  an   officer  of   the   State;  school   boards; 
trustees;   contracts;   care   of  property;   records   and 
reports,   etc.     Second   term.    Twice   a  week  for  at 
least  eighteen  consecutive   weeks. 

Course  H. — Practice  Teaching.  Throughout  the  year  each  stu- 
dent will  teach  at  least  two  periods  every  week 
under  the  supervision  of  a  critic  teacher  in  a  regu- 
larly graded  school. 

Course  I. — Drawing,  Music,  Elocution,  and  Physical  Training. 
Once  a  week  in  each  of  the  subjects  named  through- 
out the  year. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 
Schools. 

1.  The  Course  of  Study  for  Elementary  Schools,  which  em- 
braces   the    subjects    required    to    be    taught    in    every    District 
School,  shall  be  followed  as  outlined  and  given  in  Section  7  of 
this  Article;  and  the  curriculum  for  High  Schools  as  given  in 
Section  7  of  this  Article  shall  be  followed  in  the  grades  of  the 
High   Schools. 

2.  The  school  year  of  ten  months  shall  be  divided  into  four 
terms  as  nearly  equal  as  possible,  to  be  called  the  fall,  winter, 
spring  and  summer  terms,  respectively. 

3.  School  shall  be  open  daily,  five  days  in  each  week,  and  for 
six  hours  each  day.     The  hours  each  day,  unless  otherwise  or- 
dered by  the  School  Commissioners,  shall  be  from  9  A.  M.  to  12 
M.,  and  from  1  to  4  P.  M.    The  younger  pupils  may  be  required 
to  attend  during  a  shorter  daily  session  at  the  .discretion  of  the 
teacher  and  with  the  consent  of  the  County  Superintendent.    No 
school  shall  be  in  session  on   Saturday,   Sunday,  or  on  any  of 
the   following  holidays,  viz. :     Thanksgiving   Day,   the   24th   of 
December  to  the   1st  of  January    (both   inclusive),   the  Friday 
before  Easter  and  the  Monday  after  Easter,  the  whole  months 
of  July  and  August,  and  the  days  designated  for  the  holding  of 


124  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

the  Annual  Teachers'  Institute.  These  vacations  and  holidays 
are  obligatory  on  all  schools.  Election  days  and  Decoration 
Day  may  each  be  declared  a  holiday  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Board  of  County  School  Commissioners. 

4.  There  shall  be  a  public  examination  of  the  pupils  in  each 
school  twice  a  year,  to  which  parents  and  school  officers  shall 
be  invited,  and  the  examination  shall  be  reported  to  the  School 
Board. 

5.  The  teacher  of  any  school  may  order  the  following  articles 
for  the  comfort,  convenience  and  security  of  the  school  when 
not  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  County  School  Board,  viz. : 
fuel  (ax  and  saw  if  needed),  water  bucket,  drinking  cup,  wash 
basin,  soap,  towel,  window  lights  and  fastenings,  door  locks,  all 
of  which  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  teacher  and  charged  among 
the  incidental   expenses  of  the   school,  provided   that  vouchers 
shall  be  given  for  every  expenditure.     The  teacher  shall  be  re- 
sponsible for  the  due  care  and  right  use  of  such  articles,  and 
any  loss  arising  from  neglect  or  waste  shall  be  charged  against 
his  salary. 

6.  The  rules  adopted  by  any  Principal  Teacher  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  his  school,  with  the  consent  of  the  County  Super- 
intendent and  the  Board  of  District  Trustees,  and  not  at  vari- 
ance with  the  School  law,  the  By-Laws  of  the  State  Board  or 
the   By-Laws  of  the   County  School   Board,  shall   be   carefully 
observed    by   all    pupils    and    assistant    teachers   under   his    au- 
thority. 

7.  The  following  classification   and   schedule  of  studies   shall 
be  observed  in  all  Primary,  Elementary  and  High  Schools : 

NOTE  : — For  the  convenience  of  all  concerned  the  outlined  work  by  grades 
will  be  found  on  the  last  pages  of  this  pamphlet.  By  order  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  the  Eleventh  Year  Grade  has  been  added,  and  the  work 
of  the  course  has  been  redistributed  and  revised  to  meet  the  requirements 
of  such  action  and  also  to  meet  new  conditions  which  have  arisen  because 
of  new  demands  made  on  modern  public  school  teaching.  School  officials 
and  teachers  are  earnestly  requested  to  study  carefully  this  revised  course 
in  ordei  that  its  provisions  may  be  honestly  observed. 


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ARTICLE  IX. 

Normal  Schools. 

1.  The   Maryland   State   Normal   School,   located   in  the   city 
of  Baltimore;  the  State  Normal  School  No.  2,  located  in  Frost- 
burg,  and  State  Normal  School  No.  3,  for  colored  students,  are 
supported  by   State  appropriations   and  are  under  the  control 
and  supervision  of  the  State  Board  of  Education.     The  purpose 
of  these  schools  is  to  train  and  prepare  young  men  and  women 
for  the   profession   of   teaching,   and   they   are   especially   main- 
tained for  the  instruction  and  practice  of  students  in  the  science 
of  education,   the  art   of   teaching  and   the   mode   of  governing 
school. 

2.  Each  County  School  Board  and  the  Board  of  School  Com- 
missioners of  Baltimore  City  is  entitled  to  send  two  free  stu- 
dents to  the  Maryland  State  Normal  School  for  each  member 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  Maryland,  and  one  free  student  to 
the  State  Normal  School  of  Frostburg,  and  the  Baltimore  Col- 
ored Normal   School,  for  every  three  members  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Maryland.    Counties  having  a  representation  of  five 
shall  be  entitled  to  name   two   free  students  to  the  last  three 
institutions  named  in  this  section.     Students  who  hold  scholar- 
ships in  these  Normal  Schools  shall  be  entitled  to  tuition  and 
text-books  free. 

3.  The   Principal   and   other   members   of   the   Faculty   of   the 
State  Normal  Schools  shall  be  appointed  annually  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  the  members  of  which  being  ex  officio  trus- 
tees of  said  schools,  and  all  of  said  appointments  shall  be  made 
so  as  to  expire  on  the  31st  day  of  July  of  each  year,  such  date 
being  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year. 

4.  The  sessions  of  the  State  Normal  Schools  shall  begin  each 
year  on   the  second  Wednesday   of  September  and   shall   close 
not  earlier  than  the  second  Thursday  of  June  in  each  year. 

5.  There  shall  be  maintained  in  each  State  Normal  School  a 
two   years'    Normal   or   Professional   Course   in   which   Elemen- 
tary and  High  School  branches  shall  be  studied  and  reviewed 
and  in  which  special  training  shall  be  given  in  the  subjects  of 
"The   History   of   Education,"   "School   Organization   and   Man- 
agement,"  "Psychology,"   "Theory   and    Practice   of   Teaching," 


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and  such  other  professional  subjects  as  may  be  included  in  the 
curriculum  for  Normal  Schools.  There  may  be  maintained  in 
each  of  said  schools  an  Academic  or  Preparatory  Course  which 
shall  prepare  students  for  the  Normal  Course;  and  the  scholar- 
ship afforded  by  the  Academic  Course  shall  be  at  least  equal  to 
the  scholastic  requirements  of  the  State  High  School  Curric- 
ulum. 

6.  Students  of  both  sexes  shall  be  admitted  to  both  the  Nor- 
mal and  Academic   Courses.     Male   students   shall   be   at   least 
seventeen  and  female  students  at  least  sixteen  years  of  age  to 
enter  the  first  year  of  the  Normal  Course  and  shall  possess  such 
mental    qualifications   as    graduation   from    an    accredited    High 
School  implies.     Students  who  are  graduates  of  an  accredited 
High   School,  a   list  of  which   schools  shall  be  furnished  each 
Normal  School  Principal  annually  on  or  before  September  first 
by  the  State  Superintendent,  shall  be  admitted  to  the  first  year 
of  the  Normal   Course  without  examination,  provided  such  ap- 
plicant meets  the   age   requirement.     Male  students   for   admis- 
sion to  the  Academic  Course  shall  be  at  least  fifteen  years  of 
age  and  female  students  be  fourteen  years  of  age.     They  must 
furnish  satisfactory  proof  of  having  completed  the  work  of  the 
eighth  grade  of  the  State  Course  of  Study,  or  be  examined  by  the 
Faculty  of  the  school,  and  give  satisfactory  evidence  of  mental 
qualifications  equal  to  same.    They  shall  also  furnish  satisfactory 
evidence  of  good  moral  character. 

7.  All  free  students  to  the  Normal  Schools  must  receive  their 
scholarships  from  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners, 
the  Board  of  School  Commissioners  of  Baltimore  City  or  from 
the   State    Board   of   Education.     Each    appointment   to   a   free 
scholarship  must  be  certified  to  the  State   Board  of  Education 
on  a  printed  form  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  on  or  before 
the  twentieth  day  of  August  of  each  year,  which  certificate  of 
appointment  must  be  signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
the  respective   Boards.     Every  student  thus  granted  a  scholar- 
ship before  being  regularly  admitted  as  a  student  shall  make  a 
written  declaration  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  on  a  pre- 
scribed form  that  he  01    she  will   teach   in   the   Public   Schools 
of  the  State,  unless,  after  diligent  effort,  such  person  fail  to  ob- 
tain a  school. 


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8.  Members  of  the   State   Board  of  Education,  or  competent 
persons  to  be  appointed  by  said   Board,  shall  supervise,  as  far 
as  they  maj    deem  practicable,  the  final  examination  of  the  se- 
nior year  of  the  Normal  Course  in  these  schools,  satisfy  them- 
selves  that   the   requirements   of   the   curriculum   prescribed   for 
the  Normal  Course  have  been  properly  met  and  recommend  for 
diplomas  such  students  as  they  may  find  worthy  of  graduation. 

9.  Students   who  fail  to  pass  the  examinations  for  any  class 
at   the  close  of  the  year  cannot  re-enter  the  school  as  free  stu- 
dents without  an  order  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

10.  Students  holding  free  scholarships  and  desirous  to  return 
to   the   school   another  year   must   notify   the    Principal   of  such 
school    and    also    the    Secretary    of    the    School    Board    of    the 
county  or  city  from  which  the  scholarship  was  obtained  on  or 
before  the  last  day  of  July  of  each  year.     The  Secretaries  of  the 
County  and   City  School   Boards   must   notify  the   Secretary  of 
the   State   Board   of   Education   on   or  before   the  tenth   day  of 
August  of  every  year  of  new  scholarships  granted  and  a  list  of 
those  students  who  will  return  to  the  school. 

11.  In  addition  to  students  who  hold  free  scholarships,  where 
the  capacity  of  the   school   will   admit   it,  a  limited  number  of 
young  men  and  women,  of  good  moral  character  and  who  pos- 
sess   the   necessary   mental   qualifications,    will    be   admitted    as 
pay  students — the  uniform  charge  for  tuition  and  books  to  be 
Twenty-five  Dollars  per  term:     Text-books  will  be  furnished  all 
students  free  of  charge,  but  a  deposit  of  Five  Dollars  will  be 
required    of    each    student    when    entering,    as    a    guarantee    of 
proper   care   and   against   loss   of   books.     When   graduating   or 
leaving  school  before  graduating  this   fee  shall   be  returned  to 
the  student  if  no  books  have  been  lost  or  unduly  worn. 

12.  The   Principal    of   each    Normal    School   shall    arrange   for 
practical  teaching  for  students  of  the  Normal   Course. 

13.  All  vacant  scholarships  not  filled  and  reported  to  the  State 
Board   of  Education   as   required   by   Section   10  of   this   Article 
shall  be  filled  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

14.  The  course  of  study  required  by  all  who  would  obtain  a 
Normal   School  Diploma  in  Maryland  covers  two  years  and  is 
designated — The  Normal  Course.     To  enter  that  course  a  student 


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must  hold  a  certificate  from  an  approved  High  School  in  Mary- 
land, or  pass  examinations  on  a  course  equivalent  to  that  pur- 
sued in  such  High  School,  or  complete  the  course  herein  laid 
down  and  designated  —  The  Academic  Course.  The  Academic 
Course  covers  two  years,  and  to  enter  the  first  year  of  that 
course  a  student  must  have  completed  the  Eighth  Grade  in  the 
Public  Schools  of  Maryland,  according  to  the  schedule  adopted 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  or  pass  examinations  equiva 
lent  to  that. 

NOTE: — The  course  of  study  for  Normal  Schools  which  is  a  by-law  of  the 
State  Board  of*  Education  is  published  in  another  pamphlet. 

ARTICLE  X. 
Miscellaneous. 

1.  No  pupil  will  be  admitted  to  school  under  six  years  of  age 
nor  unless   properly   vaccinated,   free   from   contagious   diseases 
and  decently  and  comfortably  clothed. 

2.  The  use  of  profane  or  unchaste  language,  the  use  of  to- 
bacco in  any  form,  and  the  carrying  of  fire-arms  or  other  dan- 
gerous weapons   are  strictly  forbidden ;   and  any   pupil  persist- 
ently violating  this  rule  shall  be  suspended  by  the  Teacher  and 
the   case   shall   at  once   be   reported    to   the    Board   of    District 
School  Trustees  for   their  action. 

3.  Parents   or  guardians   will   be   required   to   replace  or   pay 
for  all  books  belonging  to  the  County  School  Board  retained, 
destroyed  or  lost  by  their  children  or  wards;  they  will  also  be 
held  responsible  and  required  to  pay  for  all  damages  done  by 
their  children  or  wards  to  schoolhouses,  furniture,  trees,  fences, 
etc.,  belonging  to  the  school. 

4.  All   messages   sent  by  parents   or  guardians   to   Teachers, 
or  by  Teachers  to  parents  or  guardians,  must  be  in  writing. 
Charges  and  complaints  against  Teachers  must  be  made  to  the 
Trustees  in  writing.     No  verbal  charges  should  be  entertained 
by  the  Trustees. 

5.  All  white  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one 
years,   residing  on   or   near   the   dividing  line   of  two   counties, 
have    the    right    to    attend    the    public    school    nearest    to    their 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  129 

place  of  residence,  and  should  such  nearest  school  be  in  an- 
other county  than  the  one  in  which  they  reside,  upon  the  same 
terms  and  subject  to  the  same  rules  and  regulations  as  other 
children  attending  said  schools.  In  the  absence  of  any  joint 
provision  by  the  Boards  of  County  School  Commissioners  of 
the  respective  counties  for  the  maintenance  of  said  schools,  the 
Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  of  the  county  in  which 
said  children  reside  should  pay  to  the  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners  in  which  said  school  is  located,  for  each  pupil 
so  attending  a  school  in  an  adjoining  county,  a  sum  equal  to 
the  average  cost  of  each  pupil  in  said  school. 

6.  In  cases  where  the  laws  provide  that  scholars  "shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Boards  of  County  School  Commissioners,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  State  Senator,  in  their 
respective  counties  and  Senatorial  districts,  after  a  competitive 
examination  of  the  candidates  for  such  appointments,"  the  in- 
itiative is  the  function  of  the  several  Boards  of  County  School 
Commissioners  exclusively,  the  Senator  only  having  the  power 
either  to  approve  or  veto  such  appointment. 

ARTICLE  XL 
High  Schools. 

1.  High  schools  may  be  established  by  the  Board  of  County 
School  Commissioners  with  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  and  when  established  and  approved,  they  shall   be 
under  the  control  of  the  County  School  Board,  who  shall  ap- 
point  all   teachers   and   special   instructors   for  the   high   school 
grades,  and  fix  salaries  for  same,  which  shall  not  be  less  than 
the  minimum  amounts  prescribed  by  law. 

2.  High  schools  shall  be  classified  as  first  group  and  second 
group  high  schools,  according  to  enrollment  of  pupils,  teachers 
employed,  and  amount  and  character  of  work  done.     The  work 
of  each  school  must  be  inspected  annually  by  the  State  Super- 
intendent,  the    Assistant   State   Superintendent,   or   some    com- 
petent person  to  be  designated  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion,,  and   each  high   school   principal   shall  give,  on  blanks   to 
be  furnished  by  the  State  Department  of  Education,  such  data 
pertaining  to   each    high   school   department   as   may   be   asked 


130  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND     REGULATIONS 

for  from  time  to  time.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  October 
of  each  year  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  certify  to  the 
Comptroller  a  list  of  high  schools  entitled  to  receive  State  aid, 
with  the  amount  of  the  appropriation  to  be  paid  by  the  State 
Treasurer  on  account  of  each  school. 

3.  High  schools  of  the  First  Group  shall  fulfill  the  following 
minimum  requirements :      (a)    An  enrollment  of  not   less   than 
eighty  pupils;   (b)   employ  not  less   than  four  teachers   for  the 
regular   high    school    work,   exclusive   of   instructors    of   special 
subjects  named  under  (e)  ;  (c)  four  years'  course  of  instruction 
of  not  less   than   thirty-six  weeks   in   each   year,   same   to   con- 
form  to   the   standard   required  by  the  State   Board   of  Educa- 
tion; (d)  the  annual  salary  of  the  principal  to  be  not  less  than 
$1200.00,  and  the  salary  of  each  assistant  teacher  regularly  em- 
ployed to  be  not  less  than  $500.00  per  annum ;  (e)  provision  to 
be   made  for  Manual   Training  and   Domestic  Science  Courses, 
and  also  one  other  special  course — either  a  Commercial  or  an  Agri- 
cultural Course,  as  may  be  determined  by  the  Board  of  County 
School  Commissioners. 

4.  High    schools   of  the    Second    Group    shall   fulfill    the    fol- 
lowing minimum  requirements :   (a)   An  enrollment  of  not  less 
than  thirty-five  pupils ;   (b)   employ  not  less  than  two  teachers 
for  the   regular  high  school   work,   exclusive   of  instructors  of 
special  subjects  named  under  (e)  ;   (c)  a  three  years'  course  of 
instruction  of  not  less  than  thirty-six  weeks  in  each  year,  same 
to  conform  to  the  standard  required  by  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation ;    (d)    the   annual   salary  of  the  principal   to  be   not   less 
than  $1000.00,  and  that  of  each  assistant  to  be   not  less  than 
$500.00 :  (e)  provision  to  be  made  for  a  Manual  Training,  or  an 
Agricultural,  or  a  Commercial  Course,  as   may  be  determined 
by  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners. 

5.  The  course  of  instruction  in  schools  of  the  Second  Group 
may  be  extended  to  four  years  by  the  Board  of  County  School 
Commissioners,  by  the  employment  of  such   additional   teacher 
or  teachers  as  may  be  required  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion ;   provided,   that   the   salary   of   such   additional    teacher   or 
teachers   shall    be   paid    wholly   by   the   said    Board    of    County 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF"  MARYLAND.  131 

School  Commissioners;  and  in  those  schools  of  the  Second 
Group,  where  the  course  of  instruction  has  been  so  extended 
to  a  four-year  course,  the  graduates  shall  receive  the  same  rec- 
ognition as  graduates  of  schools  of  the  First  Group. 

6.  When  application  is  made   to   the   State   Board  of  Educa- 
tion for  an  inspection  of  a  high  school  of  the  First  Group,  there 
shall  be  enrolled  in  the  high  school  department  at  least  eighty 
pupils,  and  the  number  of  teachers  employed   to  give  the  aca- 
demic instruction  shall  be  at  least  four  at  time  such  application 
is  made ;  and  for  high  schools  of  the  Second  Group  the  enroll- 
ment shall  be  at  least  thirty-five,  and  the  number  of  academic 
teachers  not  less  than   two  or  the   equivalent   of  two   teachers, 
when  application   is   made.     In   enrollment  of  pupils  and   num- 
ber of  teachers  employed  for  both  First  and  Second  Group  High 
Schools,  the  record  for  the  preceding  year  will  be  accepted,  un- 
less for  special  reasons  the  State   Board  of  Education  shall  fix 
some  other  basis. 

7.  Students    of    the    high    school    grades    shall    pursue    the 
branches  of  study  and  lines  of  work  laid  down  in  the  curricu- 
lum adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  shall  take 
such  tests  and  examinations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  County 
School   authorities.      Promotion   from   one   year's   grade    to   an- 
other, and   graduation   from   the   high   school   department,   must 
have  the  joint  approval  of  the  principal   of   the  school  and   the 
Superintendent   of    Schools    of    the    county    in    which    the    high 
school  may  be   located.     Graduates   of   the   academic   and  other 
elective  courses   shall   rank   equally   in   recognition,   but   the   di- 
ploma shall  show  which  course  was  pursued  by  the  person  to 
whom  same  is  granted.    The  form  of  high  school  diploma  shall  be 
prescribed  by  the  State   Superintendent  and  all  such   diplomas 
shall  be  signed  by  him  before  same  are  issued  to  high  school 
graduates. 

8.  In   schools   of   the    Second    Group   that   have   extended   the 
work  to  a  four  years'  course,  the  term  "Manual  Training"  shall 
be  construed  to  include  Domestic  Science — the  former  for  male, 
and  the  latter  for  female"  students.     The  same   instructor  may, 
if  practicable,  give  instruction   in   both  subjects.     Two-fifths  of 
the  instructor's   time  shall  be  required   for  the  school   receiving 
State  aid  on  account  of  said  instructor's   services. 


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9.  Every  high  school,  whether  of  the  First  or  Second  Group, 
shall  have  a  library  of  well  selected  books  in  which  there  shall 
be  at  least  one  hundred  volumes  (exclusive  of  public  documents 
and  text-books  furnished  the  students),  which  are  related  to  the 
various   subjects   taught  and  which   may  be  used  by  pupils  to 
reinforce  the  regular  text-book  instruction.     Such  volumes  must 
be  approved  by  the  State  Department  of  Education. 

10.  Every  high  school,  whether  of  the  First  or  Second  Group, 
must  have  a  science  laboratory  located  in  a  suitable  room,  which 
shall  be  equipped  by  January  15,  1913,  with  not  less  than  $250 
worth  of  apparatus,  and  material  in  proper  portions  for  the  teach- 
ing of  the  various  science  branches  required  to  be  taught,  and 
such  additional  amounts  of  apparatus  and  material  as  the  State 
Board   of   Education   may,   from    time  'to   time,   require   on    six 
months'  notice.     All  orders  for  apparatus  shall  be  approved  by 
the  State  Superintendent  before  being  placed. 

11.  Instructors  in  the  manual  training,  domestic  science,  com- 
mercial  or  agricultural  courses   must  hold  a  certificate  of  pro- 
ficiency in  such  subjects  as  they  are  required  to  teach,  same  to 
be  approved  by  both  the  State  and  County  Superintendents.     In 
case  any  such  instructor  does  not  hold  such  a  certificate,  he  or 
she   shall  take   such   an   examination   as   may  be   prescribed   by 
the  County  Superintendent,  with  the  approval  of  the  State  Su- 
perintendent. 

12.  Thirty  days  prior  to  making  the  annual  levy  in  each  county, 
the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  shall  submit  to  the  County 
Commissioners  a  list  of  all  the  high  schools  of  the  county,  with 
a  detailed  statement  of  the  cost  of  instruction  in  such  schools, 
and  publish  same  for  at  least  two  weeks  in  one  or  more  of  the 
papers  published  in  said  county. 

13.  Any  high  school,  of  either  First  or  Second  Group,  receiv- 
ing State  aid  under  the  provisions  of  the  High  School  Law  of 
1910,  Ch.  386,  shall  forfeit  any  special  State  appropriation  here- 
tofore made  for  such   schools,   except  academic  appropriations 
made  prior  to  1872. 

14.  State  aid  is  based  on  the  cost  of  instruction  and  for  First 
Group  Schools  is  as  follows :     The  sum  of  $600.00  on  account 
of  the  principal,  and  the  sum  of  $300.00  on  account  of  each  of 


PUBLIC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  133 

the  first  three  assistants  employed  for  regular  high  school  work ; 
the  sum  of  $400.00  on  account  of  each  of  two  special  teachers, 
who  shall  spend  not  less  than  two-fifths  of  their  time  in  the 
school  receiving  said  amounts ;  and  the  sum  of  $100.00  on  account 
of  each  additional  regular  grade  teacher,  provided  the  total 
amount  does  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $2500.00.  For  Second  Group 
Schools :  The  sum  of  $600.00  for  the  principal,  and  $400.00  for 
one  assistant  teacher  employed  to  do  regular  grade  or  academic 
work ;  the  sum  of  $400.00  for  salary  of  one  special  instructor, 
provided  that  if  an  instructor  in  manual  training  or  agriculture 
be  required  to  divide  his  or  her  time  among  not  more  than  four 
schools  of  this  group,  $150.00  shall  be  allowed  on  account  of 
each  school ;  provided  further,  that  the  total  amount  for  any 
one  school  of  the  Second  Group  shall  not  exceed  $1400.00. 

15.  Where  grade  work  below  that  of  the  high  school  depart- 
ment is  done  in  the  same  building  or  on  the  same  premises,  such 
grade  work  may  be  under  the  control  of  the  County  School 
Board,  and  the  principal  of  the  high  school  shall  be  principal 
also  for  the  grades  below  those  of  the  high  school  department. 


RULES  FOR  THE  CARE  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  FREE 

TEXT-BOOKS  IN  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

OF  MARYLAND. 

Recommended  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

1.  The  Secretary  of  each   Board   of  County  School   Commis- 
sioners shall  keep  an  account,  in  a  book  for  that  purpose,  of 
all  text-books  purchased  by  the  Board,  and  of  all  text-books  fur- 
nished to  the  different  schools  in  the  several  counties. 

2.  Each  Principal  shall  make  out  requisition  to  the  Secretary 
of   the   Board   of   County    School    Commissioners   for   the   text- 
books needed  and  authorized  for  use  in  his  school ;  and  in  filling 
the  same,  the  Secretary  shall  deliver  such  text-books  to  the  or- 
der of  the  Principal. 

3.  Each  Principal  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  proper  care 
and  return  of  all  text-books  delivered  to  the  school  under  his 
charge. 


134  BY-LAWS,    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

4.  The  Principal  of  each  school  shall  issue  text-books  for  use 
of  the  several  rooms  therein,  on  the  requisition  of  the  teachers, 
and  shall  keep  an  account  with  each  teacher  of  the  text-books 
so  issued.     Teachers  shall  be  held  accountable  for  the  care  and 
proper  use  of  all  text-books  issued  to  them  by  the   Principal. 
Each  teacher  shall  also  keep  an  account  with  every  pupil,  in  a 
book  provided  for  that  purpose,  of  the  text-books  in  use. 

5.  Before  text-books  are  delivered  to  pupils,   labels  shall  be 
pasted  in  each  text-book,  stating  the  number,  district  and  county 
of  the  school,  and  the  ownership  of  the  text-books  by  the  Board 
of    County    School    Commissioners,    with    admonition    for    the 
proper  care  of  the  text-book,  and  each  text-book  should  be  cov- 
ered with  "Holden's  Perfect  Book  Cover,"  or  an  equivalent,  to 
be  changed  whenever  necessary.     The  labels  and  book  covers 
should  be  furnished  by  the  County  School  Boards. 

6.  Text-books  may  be  taken  home  by  the  pupil,  when,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  teacher,  it  is  necessary  for  study  or  preparation 
of  lessons. 

7.  All  text-books  in  any  school,  not  in  use  for  the  time  be- 
ing, shall  be  promptly  returned  to  the  teacher  for  safe-keeping, 
and  not  allowed  to  lie  about  the  room. 

8.  Any  pupil  wilfully  destroying  or  injuring  a  text-book  shall 
be  required  to  replace  or  pay  for  same,  and  may  be  deprived 
of  the  privileges  of  the  school  until  this  requirement  is  com- 
plied with. 

9.  In  case  of  the  resignation,  withdrawal  or  removal  of  teach- 
ers, a  report  of  the  text-books  and  supplies  on  hand  shall   be 
made  by  them   to  the   Principal,   who  shall   make   an   examina- 
tion to  ascertain  if  all  text-books  are  on  hand,  and  in  proper  or- 

.  der,  or  if  otherwise  properly  accounted  for,  and  shall  certify 
the  same  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Com- 
missioners before  the  salary  of  the  teachers  for  the  last  term 
preceding  such  resignation,  withdrawal  or  removal  shall  be  paid. 

10.  Ten  days  prior  to  the  close  of  each  term  a  report  on  the 
proper  blanks  shall  be  made  to  the  Principal  by  each  teacher 
of  all  text-books  previously  issued  under  the   Free   Text-Book 
Law,   showing   the   number    and    condition   of   said   text-books. 
After  ascertaining  the   correctness   there'of,   the   Principal   shall, 


PUBUC    SCHOOL    SYSTEM    OF    MARYLAND.  135 

within  ten  days  after  the  close  of  the  term,  make  a  like  report 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners, 
of  all  text-books  issued  during  the  term  of  the  school  of  which 
he  has  charge,  indicating  any  discrepancies  that  may  exist  in 
the  account  of  any  teacher.  The  Secretary  shall  withhold  the 
last  payment  of  the  salary  of  any  teacher  whose  account  is 
found  to  be  incorrect,  until  the  matter  is  adjusted  to  his  satis- 
faction. 

11.  Each  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners,  before  the 
first  day  of  October  in  each  year,  shall  report  to  the  State  Board 
of  Education  the  number  of  text-books  issued  to   each   school 
during  the  preceding  year,  with  the  number  lost  or  destroyed, 
the  number  on  hand  and  their  condition,  and  the  amounts  re- 
ceived  for   fines   for   injuries    to   text-books,    and   for   total    de- 
struction or  loss  of  text-books ;  and  the  title,  the  name  of  the 
publisher,  and  the  net  price  paid  for  each  text-book  purchased — 
for  publication  in  the  Annual  State  School  Report. 

12.  All  Principals  shall  be  required  to  send  to  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  the   Board  of   County   School   Commissioners  im- 
mediately upon  the  receipt  of  any  text-books  a  statement  giv- 
ing the  quantities  and  condition  thereof.     Any  text-books  which 
are  defective  in  any  way  shall  be  at  once  set  aside  and  not  used. 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


*  A. 

SECTION  PAGE 

Age  of  school  pupils 63  29 

Age  of  teachers   74 

Agriculture,  teaching  of 147 

Alcoholic   drinks    45  23 

Alcoholic   drinks  and  narcotics,  duty  of   school  officials   with 

regard  to  46 

Anne  Arundel  County  Academy,  special  appropriation  to 141  56 

Annual  report,  State  Board  of  Education 90,     91  38 

Appointment  of — 

Assistant  Superintendent  of  Public  Education 21  13 

Assistant  teachers    47,25  23,14 

Attendance    officers 156,  162  61,63 

County  Superintendent 22  13 

District  school  trustees 7  8 

Grade  supervisors   77  34 

Members  of  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 6  7 

Members  of  State  Board  of  Education 5  6 

Principal  teachers    31  18 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education 18  11 

Appropriation  for — 

Approved  high  schools 127,  128  49,50 

Colored  industrial   schools 144  57 

District   libraries    99  40 

Farmers'  Institute   151  59 

Free    text-books 71  31 

Frostburg  Normal  School 88  39 

Library  Commission   104  37 

Manual  Training  in'Charles  county Note.  58 

New  Normal  School 83 

Normal   schools    88  37 

Ocean  City  Education  Building ch.  227  92 

Public  schools  for  1915-1916 135  53 

School   Survey, ch.  844  85 

State  Normal  School  No.  3 ch.   228,  88  95,37 

Arbor  Day  pamphlet 19  11 

Assistant  County  Superintendent,  appointment  of 76  33 

Assistant  teachers — 

Appointment  of   25,  47  14,23 

Number  of  pupils  required  for 47  23 

Assistant  Superintendent  of  Public  Education — 

Appointment  of    21  13 

Duties  of    21  13 

Removal  of    21  13 

Salary  of    21  13 

Term  of  office  of 21  13 

Association — 

State  teachers'    95,     96  39 

Teachers'  county    96,  97,     98  39, 40 

Attendance  officer — 

Appointment  and  number  of 156,  162  61,63 

Duty  of  . . . 157  61 

Duty  of  to  inspect  mills  and  factories  161  63 

Attendance,  compulsory 153-172  60,65 


138  INDEX 

B. 

SECTION  PAGE 

Baltimore  City  ch.  16  45 

Board  of  School  Commissioners 121  45 

School  census  of 159  62 

Bequests  for  public  schools 175  66 

Boards,   formation  of    ch.  2  6 

Board  of  Commissioners  of  Public  Schools  of  Baltimore  City — 

Duties  and  powers  of 122  46 

Report  to  State  Board  of  Education 28,  122        17,  46 

Board  of  County  School  Commissioners — 

Appointment   of    , 6  7 

Body  politic  and  corporate 23  14 

Clerk  to 22  13 

Duties  and  powers  of 25  14 

General   jurisdiction    3  6 

General  powers  of  25  14 

Minority  representation   6  7 

Number  of  members  in  different  counties 6  7 

Organization  of 22  13 

gualification  of  members 6  .  7 

emoval   of   members 6,  29  7,17 

Report  to  State  Board 28,  78  17,  34 

Right  of  appeal  to     55,  64  26,29 

Salary  of  members 22  13 

Seal  of 23  14 

Secretary  and  treasurer  of 22,  78  21,  34 

Teacher  debarred  as  member  of 30  17 

Term  of  office  of  members 6  7 

To  hold  county  school  property 24  14 

To  assume  duties  of  district  trustees 36  20 

Vacancies,  how  filled 6,  29  7,17 

Board  of  School  Commissioners  of  Baltimore  City 121  45 

Board  of  District  School  Trustees — 

Appointment  of    7  8 

General  jurisdiction  4  6 

Oath  and  organization 7  8 

Term  of  office  of  members 7  8 

Bond  of  secretary  and  treasurer,  County  School  Board 78  34 

Bond.  Issue  for  New    Normal  School 78 

Books,    text ch.  10  30 

Branches  to  be  taught 44  22 

C. 
Certificates — 

Classification   of 61  28 

College  diplomas  for  high  school  teachers 53  25 

Extension  of   73  32 

Grades  of 73  32 

Kinds  of  53  25 

Life 58  26 

Registration  of   73 

Subjects  required  for  first  grade 73 

Subjects  required  for  second  grade 73  32 

Charges  against  teacher 57  26 

Charlotte  Hall,  scholarships  to 190,  191 

Classification  of  certificates,  bases  for 61 

Clerk  to  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 22  13 

Salary  of 22  13 


INDEX  139 

SECTION  PAGE 

Clerk  to  State  Board  of  Education 19  11 

Salary  of 19  11 

Colleges,  departments  of  pedagogy  of 54  25 

Approved  list  of 15 A  10 

Colored  industrial  schools  ch.     20  56 

Appropriation   for 144  57 

Certified  list  of  146  58 

C9ntrol  of 144  57 

Division  of  appropriation 142  56 

Establishment  of    142  ,     56 

Inspection  of 143  56 

Report  to  Comptroller. 143  56 

Restriction  of  appropriation  for 145  57 

Colored  Normal  School 193 

Colored  schools   ch.      18  52 

Establishment  of    131  52 

No  separate   fund  for 133 

Supervisor  of    144 

Taxes  paid  by  colored  people  for 134  52 

Trustees  of 132  52 

Commission — 

Library    '. ch.      15 

Normal   School  building 75,  78 

Comptroller — 

Right  to  equalize  apportionments  of  school  tax 139  55 

To  report  to  State  Board  of  Education 138,  140  54,  55 

Compulsory  school  attendance — 

Ages  of 153,  162  60,63 

Of  deaf  and  blind  children 168  64 

Of  deaf  or  blind,  penalty  for  violation 170,  171  65 

Punishment  for  violation 154,  155  68 

Report  of  absence  or  irregularity  of  attendance 160  63 

When  excused  from  153  68 

Condemnation  of  schoolhouse  sites 39  21 

Consolidation  of  schools 25,  43  14,  22 

Constitution  of  1867— 

Provisions  of ,   for  public  schools 5 

Contract,  teachers'   55  26 

County  commissioners,  authority  to  levy  school  tax 26  15 

County  libraries   : 106-119  41-45 

County  or  municipal  libraries 105  41 

County  school  commissioners,  board  of 6  7 

County  school  report 28  17 

County  superintendent    ch.     11  32 

County  Superintendent — 

Appointment  of 22  13 

Approval    of    promotion    and   graduation    of    high   school 

students   126  47 

Beginning  of  term  of 22  13 

Bond  of    78,     79  34 

Examination  of 14  10 

Examination  of  teachers  by 72  32 

Frequency  of  school  visits 76  33 

Notice  to  Comptroller 81  35 

Removal  of    11  9 

Salary  of 80  35 

Supervision  by    76  33 

Curriculum    44,  45        22,  23 


140  INDEX 

D 

SECTION     PAGE 

Deaf  or  blind — 

Compulsory  attendance  of  168              64 

Expense  of  transportation  of  to  and  from  school 169              65 

Deaf,  blind  or  feeble-minded  children — 

Report  of  names  of 172              65 

Degrees — 

Requirements  for 15>£            10 

Department  of  pedagogy  of  colleges 54 

Diplomas — 

Endorsement  of   20 

Of  high  schools 129               51 

District  libraries   ch.  15 

Appropriation  for    99              40 

List  of  books  for 99              40 

Selection  of  books 99              40 

District  school  trustees — 

Appointment  of    7 

Duties  and  powers  of 31 

Vacancies,  how  filled 36 

Disturbance  of  public  school,  punishment  of 51 

Domestic  science,  teaching  of 147 

Donations  and  bequests  for  school  purposes 175               66 

Duties  and  powers  of — 

Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 25 

Board  of  District  School  Trustees 31               18 

State  Board  of  Education 11 

E. 

Education,  provisions  of  Constitution  for 

Endorsement  of  normal  school  diplomas  of  other  States 20 

Examiner — 

Change  of  title  of 173               66 

Examination  of — 

County  superintendent   14               10 

Examination  of — 

Pupils  49               24 

Teachers    72 

Teachers,  age  of  candidates 74 

Expulsion  and  suspension  of  pupils 64 

F. 
Farmers'  Institute — 

Appropriation  for 151 

Department  of  Agricultural  College 150              59 

Director  of  150              59 

Place  and  frequency  of 149 

Purpose  of   148 

Report  of  expenditures 152 

Fiscal  year,  ending  of 52 

Formation  of  boards ch.  2 

Free  books   68 

Free  school  fund  136 

Distribution  of* 136 

Frostburg  Normal  School 82 

Appropriations  for  improvements 90 


INDEX  141 

G. 

SECTION     PAGE 

Grades  of  certificates 73  32 

Grade  supervisors — 

Appointment  of   77  34 

Qualification  of 77  34 


H. 

Health    73 

Health  certificate  of  teacher  and  janitor ch.  165  83 

High  schools    ch.  17  47 

Admission  of  graduates  of  to  colleges 129  51 

Application  for  approval 127  49 

Appropriation   for   127  49 

Approval  of  teachers'  certificates 126  47 

Branches  taught  126  47 

Control  of 125  47 

Course  of  instruction  126  47 

Diplomas  of 129  51 

Encouragement  of   126  47 

Establishment  of 125  47 

First  group  of,  defined 126  47 

Grouping  of  126  47 

Minimum  salary  of  teachers  of 126  47 

Preparation  of   courses 130  51 

Promotion  and  graduation  of  pupils 126  47 

Publication  of  cost  of 128  50 

Second  group  of,  defined 126  47 

State  aid  for  128  50 

High  school  teachers- 
Certification  of 53  25 

Holidays   52  24 


I. 

Income  for  public  schools '. ch.  19  53 

Industrial  schools,   colored ch.  20  56 

Invested  school  funds,  exemptions  from  taxation  of 175,  176  66 

Institutes — 

Farmers' 148-152  59,60 

Joint   92  38 

Manual 19  .11 

Summer  school  in  lieu  of 92  38 

Teachers'    .                                                                              ..ch.  13  38 


J. 

Joint  institutes 92  38 

Justice  of  the  peace,  power  to  punish 51  24 


L. 

Length  of  school  term 43  22 

Libraries    .  ..ch.     15  40 


142  INDEX 

SECTION     PAGF 

Library  Commission — 

Appropriation  for 104  41 

Organization    of 101  40 

Personnel  of    100  40 

Report  of    , 102  40 

Traveling  libraries  103 

Libraries,   county    106-119          41-45 

Baltimore  county  exempt  from  provisions  of  law 120 

Directors  of  110 

Directors,  organization,  duties  and  powers  of 1 

Directors,  vacancies HI       .        43 

Establishment   of    106 

Funds  separate   113 

Gifts  and  donations  to 117 

Mutilation  of  property 115 

Municipalities 109 

Petition   for   108 

Property  exempt  from  taxation 119 

Report  to,  County  Commissioners 116 

Reading  room  of   114 

State  publication 118  45 

Tax  for  107 

Life  certificates 58  26 

Local  school  tax — 

Held  inviolable   26 

Minimum  rate  of   26 

M. 
Maryland  Agricultural  College — 

Board  of  Trustees  of 177  66 

To  receive  Federal  appropriation 177A,  177B 

Maryland  Day,  observance  of 52 

Maryland  Institute,  scholarships  to 182 

Maryland  State  Normal  School  Building  Commission 75 

(Chapter  352,  Acts  1910,  Sections  1,  2,  3,  and  4.) 
Maryland  State  Teachers'  Association — 

Publication  of  proceedings 19  11 

Maryland  State  University ch.  198 

Maryland  Public  Library  Commission 99-119          40-45 

Manual  training  in  Charles  county — 

Appropriation  for Note. 

Manual  training,  teaching  of 147  58 

Mayor  and  City  Council  of  Baltimore — 

Authority  of  to  levy  taxes  for  schools. . 124  46 

Authority  of  to  protect  school  property 123  46 

Authority  of  to  establish  schools 121 

Medical  examination  of  pupils,  teachers  and  janitors ch.  165 

Minimum  rate  of  local  school  tax 26 

Minimum  salaries  for  teachers 59,  60,  60A  27 ,  28 

N. 

Normal  school  diplomas  of  other  States,  endorsement  of 20  12 

Normal  schools — 

Bond  issue  for  new  plant 

Report  of  to  State  Board  of  Education 17 

State    ch.     12  35 

Trustees   of    16 

Numbering  of  schools 42 


INDEX  143 

SECTION     PAGE 
O. 

Oaths,  administration  of   23  14 

Ocean  City  Educational  building ch.  227  92 

Outbuildings     32 

Requirements  for  33  18 

P. 

Parental  school  158  61 

Establishment  of    158  61 

Pedagogic  training  required  after  June  1,  1915 53  25 

Pedagogy,  department  of  for  colleges  and  universities 54  25 

Pensions — • 

Annual  amount  of  62  29 

Conditions   of   granting 62  29 

Plans  and  drawings,  by  whom  issued 41  22 

Powers  of  State  Board  of  Education 11  9 

Principal  teachers,  appointment  of .' 31,  55         18,  26 

Professional  certificates  15  10 

Program  of  teachers'  institutes 20  12 

Public  schools — 

Mandatory 1  5 

Provisions  of  Constitution  for 5 

Punishment  for  disturbing  public  schools 51  24 

Pupils    ch.  9  29 

Age  of  43  22 

Age  of  admission  to  school 63  29 

Examination    of    49  24 

Medical  examination  of ch.  165  83 

Right  to  attend  nearest  school 65  30 

Suspension  and  expulsion  of 64  29 

Transportation  of    25  14 

Vaccination  of 66  30 

Q. 

Quarterly  report  56  26 

R. 

Reading  Circle    95  39 

Repair  of  school  buildings 25  14 

Reports — 

Board  of  County  School  Commissioners  to  State  Board..  78  34 

County   School  Commissioners 28  17 

Forms  of 13 

Library  Commission    102  40 

State  aided  schools 17  11 

State  Board  of  Education 90  38 

State  Board  of  Education,  printing  of 91 

Teachers  quarterly  56  26 

S. 
Salary — 

Minimum  for  all  white  teachers 59  27 

Minimum  for  teachers  holding  first-class  certificates 60  27 

Minimum  for  teacher  having  pedagogic  training 60A  27 


144  INDEX 

SECTION  PAGE 
Salary — Continued 

Of  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Public  Education 21  13 

Of  Clerk  to  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 22  13 

Of  Clerk  to  State  Board  of  Education 19  11 

Of  County  Superintendent 80  35 

Of  members  of  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners..      22 

Of  Superintendent  of  Public  Education 19  11 

Sanitation   33  18 

Scholarships — 

Charlotte  Hall   190,  191  72 

Maryland   Institute    182  69 

St.  John's  College 179  68 

St.  Mary's  Female  Seminary 178  68 

State  Normal  Schools 85  35 

Washington   College   185-189  69-71 

Western  Maryland  College 180,  181  69 

Schools- 
Closing  of  an  account  of  attendance 48  23 

Consolidation  of 25,43  14,22 

Daily  session  of 50 

Disturbance  of 57  26 

Hours  for  teaching 51  24 

How  numbered  and  designated 42  22 

For  colored  children 131-134  52 

Survey   of ch.  844  85 

School  attendance,  compulsory '. 153-172  60-65 

School  buildings — 

Repair  and  construction  of  25  14 

Use  of   34  19 

Use  of  for  public  meetings 34A,  34B,  34C  19,20 

School  districts — 

Boundaries  of  • 27  15 

Combination  of  35  20 

How  laid  out 27  15 

Maximum  size  of 27  15 

Minimum  number  of  registered  voters  in 35  20 

Schoolhouse  sites — 

Condemnation  of   39  21 

Purchase  of   38  21 

Purchase  or  condemnation  of 40  22 

Selection  of   37  21 

Titles  to 38  21 

Schools  near  county  lines,  joint  support  of 174  66 

School  property — 

By  whom  held  24  14 

Sale  or  lease  of 38  21 

School  tax  ch.      19  11 

State  rate  for  1913  and  1914 135  53 

School  term — 

Designation  of 52  24 

Fraction  of 52  24 

Length  of   43  22 

School  year — 

Division  of  52  24 

Minimum  length  of  and  penalty  for  violation 138  54 

Secretary  of  Board  of  County  Commissioners 78  34 

Sources  of  income ch.     19  11 


INDEX  145 

SECTION     PAGE 

State  Board  of  Education ch.  3  9 

Appointment   of    5  5 

Appropriation  for  expenses 10  9 

Clerk  to  19  11 

Duties  and  powers  of 11-15  A          9,  10 

Ex-officio  members    5  6 

Expenses  of  members 10  9 

General  jurisdiction  2  6 

Honorary  members   5  6 

L/ocation  of  office 9  9 

Meetings  of   8  9 

Members  of  1914 3 

Minority   representation    on 5  5 

Report  of 90  38 

Right  of  appeal  to 29,  57         17,  26 

Term  of  office  of  members 5  6 

Vacancies,  how   filled 5  6 

State  Normal  Schools ch.  12  35 

Appointment   of   assistants 82  35 

Appointment   of  principals 82  35 

Appropriations  for ch.  228,  88        95,  37 

Courses,  professional  and  academic 85  35 

Donations  and  bequests  for 89  38 

Faculties  of   83  35 

Location  of 82  35 

\l  odel  of  practice  school 87  37 

Pay  students 86  37 

Practice  teaching   87  37 

Scholarships   85  35 

Sessions  of 84  35 

Students,  ages  of  admission 85  35 

Teachers'  salaries,  how  fixed 83  35 

Y'acant  scholarships,   how   filled 85  35 

State  Normal  School  No.  3.— 

Appropriations   for    ch.  228,   88        95,  37 

Purpose  and  control  of 193  72 

State  school  fund,  restriction  on 5 

State  school   tax ch.  19  53 

State  school  tax 26  15 

Apportionment  of 137  54' 

Dates   of    distribution 138  54 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education — 

Appointment   of    ; . .  18  11 

Duties  and  powers  of 20  12 

Grouping  of  high  schools  by 127  49 

J  nspection  of  high  schools  by 127  49 

Report  of  high  school  inspection 127          .     49 

State  Teachers'  Association — 

Body  politic   95 

Reading  Circle,  managed  by 95  39 

State  Teachers'  Reading  Circle 95  39 

State  University  of  Maryland ch.  198  87 

St.  John's  College,  scholarships  to 179  68 

St.  Mary's  Female  Seminary,  scholarship  to 178  68 

Stimulants  and  narcotics 45 

Summer  Schools  in  lieu  of  Institutes 92  38. 

Supervision    ch.  1  6 

Supervision  by  County  Superintendent 76  33 


146  INDEX 

SKCTION  PACK 

Supervisors,  appointment  and  qualification  of 77  34 

Supervisor  of  colored  schools 144  57 

Superintendent  of  Public  Education — 

Appointment   of    18  11 

Appropriation  for  expenses  and  publications 19  11 

Member  of  State  Board  of  Education 18  11 

Removal   of    18  11 

Salary   of    19  11 

Term  of  office  of 18  11 

Survey    Commission..                                                             ..eh.  844  85 


T. 

Tax,  school   ch.  19               53 

Teachers — 

Certification  of   53              25 

Charges  against  moral  character 57               26 

Pedagogic  training  required  after  June  1,  1915 -53               25 

Health,  certificate  of ch.   165  9                83 

Minimum  age  of   74               33 

Teachers'  certificate,  nullification  of 57               26 

Teachers'  contract   55               26 

Confirmation  of    55               26 

Teachers'  Association    ch~  14              39 

Organization  of  and  lecturers 97               40 

Place  of  meetings 98              40 

Purpose  of  96 

Teachers'  examinations    73               32 

Teachers'  institutes ch.  13               38 

Dates   of    20               12 

Date,  by  whom  fixed 93               39 

Instructors    94               39 

Joint   92               38 

Place,  by  whom  fixed 93 

Summer  school  in  lieu  of 92                38 

When  held  and  length  of 92               38 

Teachers'   life  certificates 58 

Teachers'  pensions  62               29 

Teachers'  principal — 

Appointment   of    55               26 

Removal  of    55               26 

Teachers'   salaries    -. 59,  60 

Teachers'  term  report 56 

Text-books ch.  10              30 

Amount  of   appropriation  for 71 

Adoption  and  purchase  of 68 

Apportionment  of  appropriation 71 

Appropriation  for,  inviolable 70 

Character  of    67 

Competitive  bidding  for  purchase  of 68 

Delivery  and  care  of 69 

Free  of  cost 68 

Purchase  of   25 

Report  concerning  to  State  Board 68 

Supplementary,  purchase  of 70               31 

Transportation  of  pupils 25 

Traveling  libraries   1°3 


INDEX  147 

SECTION.      PAGE. 

Treasurer  of  Board  of  County  School  Commissioners 78  34 

Trustees,  Board  of  District  School 7 

Trustees  of  colored  schools 132  52 

Trustees  of  Normal  schools 16  11 

U 

Universities  and  colleges — 

Departments  of  pedagogy  in 54  25 

Approved  list  of 15A  11 

University,  Maryland  State ch.  198  87 

V. 

Vacation    52  24 

Vaccination,  duty  of  teacher  as  to 73 

(Section  31,  Article  43  of  Code.) 

Physicians  fees  for 73 

(Section  31,  Article  43  of  Code.) 

Vaccination  of  school  children 66  30 


W 

Washington's  Birthday,  observance  of 52  24 

Washington   College,   scholarships   to 185-189  69-71 

Western   Maryland  College,   scholarships  to 180,181  69 


INDEX  TO  BY-LAWS,  RULES,  ETC. 


BY-LAWS.  PAGE 

State   Board  of  Education 99 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Education 101 

Boards  of  County  School  Commissioners 103 

District  School  Trustees 107 

County  Superintendent  109 

Teachers    114 

Certificates,  Teachers'  119 

Course  of  Pedagogy  for  Colleges 122 

Schools 123 

Normal  Schools    125 

Academic  Course   125 

Normal  Course 125 

Miscellaneous    128 

High  Schools  129 

Care  of  Text-books  .  133 


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